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31st Jul 2017, 03:42

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"...The newly commissioned ship’s Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) figured prominently in the flight operations, which comprised four arrestments and four launches.

These were performed during this limited risk reduction testing, while approximately 75 of each will be performed during Aircraft Compatibility Testing this fall, and hundreds more during the ship’s ISE periods leading up to her Post-Shakedown Availability (PSA)...." Aircraft launch, recovery historic firsts aboard USS Ford | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation

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