45K views · 430 shares | Flying is always better with friends! Aircraft launch from USS Theodore Roosevelt underway in the South China Sea with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group while conducting expeditionary strike force operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific READ MORE: https://go.usa.gov/xH4Jw | U.S. Navy | Facebook

127K views · 7.9K reactions | Airborne! The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) Jan. 31, following 16 days at sea, during which the crew launched and recovered 211 aircraft, testing five different airframes, using first generation, state-of-the-art flight deck systems. Read more: https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=112007 | U.S. Navy | Facebook

45 reactions | A C-2A Greyhound, assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20, lands aboard USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) flight deck. Ford is currently conducting Aircraft Compatibility Testing to further test its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG). (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ruben Reed/Jan. 17, 2020) Read more https://wp.me/p3avY4-5NQ | Military Leak | Facebook