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Navy intercepts Russian bombers

HeyJoe

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Nimitz Hornets escort Bears

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080209-N-XXXXX-001 PACIFIC (Feb. 2, 2008) An F/A-18 Hornet from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) escorts a Russian Tu-95 Bear, long rang bomber aircraft on Feb. 9, 2008 south of Japan. The bomber neared the vicinity of the carrier resulting in the fighter intercept. Nimitz was transiting through the Western Pacific on a regularly scheduled deployment when the incident occurred. U.S. Navy Photo (Released)

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080209-N-XXXXX-002 PACIFIC (Feb. 2, 2008) An F/A-18 Hornet from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) escorts a Russian Tu-95 Bear, long rang bomber aircraft on Feb. 9, 2008 south of Japan. The bomber neared the vicinity of the carrier resulting in the fighter intercept. Nimitz was transiting through the Western Pacific on a regularly scheduled deployment when the incident occurred. U.S. Navy Photo (Released)

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080209-N-XXXXX-003 PACIFIC (Feb. 2, 2008) One of two Russian Tu-95 Bear long rang bomber aircraft which neared the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on Feb. 9, 2008 south of Japan. As standard procedure the carrier launched a fighter intercept of F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVN ) 11 as escort. Nimitz was transiting through the Western Pacific on a regularly scheduled deployment when the incident occurred. U.S. Navy Photo (Released)
 
HeloBubba

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No insult to the Plastic Bugs, but this picture makes me feel better:

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(I couldn't sit idly by and let A4s be the only one posting old-timey photos ;) )


Here's another angle so you can get an idea how close these guys came, back in the day:

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We were UnRep-ing when they flew over...
 
Pugs

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greydo said:
So they did it again. Does this make the Navy mad? What do they do about things like this?
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Mad? Why get mad? It's what we train for (Set the Grid!) . What do we do? Well, exactly what you saw they did. No big deal.
 
ea6bflyr

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Nothing like the RUSH of getting launched during your alert! If you are not awake when you get in the jet, the CAT SHOT will wake you up! BAM....GET SOME!!

-ea6bflyr ;)
 
Gatordev

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I saw one picture on Fox News this morning that had a wide shot of the carrier w/ nothing in the foreground. It made me ask two questions: 1) How did FOX NEWS!!!! <swooshing sound> get the pictures and 2) what happened to the "a U.S. plane needs to be in the shot at all times..." that someone mentioned earlier?
 
Brett327

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gatordev said:
I saw one picture on Fox News this morning that had a wide shot of the carrier w/ nothing in the foreground. It made me ask two questions: 1) How did FOX NEWS!!!! <swooshing sound> get the pictures and 2) what happened to the "a U.S. plane needs to be in the shot at all times..." that someone mentioned earlier?
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Probably file footage.

Brett
 
A4sForever

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ea6bflyr said:
Nothing like the RUSH of getting launched during your alert! ...GET SOME!!
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HEARTILY AGREE!!!

There was NOTHING like entering "Bear Country" during the TransPac to get your collective attention and make the whole ship and AirWing feel "alive" -- the training cycles were over -- and we were now doing something "worthwhile" -- real, i.e., a fast ship going in harm's way .... we tracked 'em for hours after the BEARS launched from VLAD and then as they closed on the carrier, the 1MC would announce "LAUNCH THE ALERT 5 !!!"

It made the pulse elevate, provided a sense of "urgency", and put everyone on a higher level of performance. Even though we knew no one was "really" going to shoot down Ivan -- the possibility existed and even more to the point: actually confronting the "animal" that had put us under the school desks when we were kids for air raid drills was real and as you say, a "rush".

Whatever a "rush" was -- the term had not been used in the sense of "excitement" as yet ... :D

All in all, it was good mental preparation for the things that were coming further to the west.
 
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