Landing fighter jets on a carrier is dangerous in perfect weather, but storms make it far more extreme. Heavy seas, ...
Naval aviators are more stressed by night landings on an aircraft carrier than by combat. Physiological studies show higher heart rates and blood pressure during night carrier landings than during ...
Navy pilots make landing at sea look routine and easy. However, step back a moment to consider how planes land on aircraft carriers, and you soon realize that "looking routine" is just an illusion — ...
A F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, Nov. 29, 2025. (Lillian Olen/U.S. Navy) For the past 10 days, naval aviators across six squadrons attached to the ...