Sentences with word «supercarrier»

History: The Nimitz, nicknamed «Old Salt,» is the first in its class of supercarriers and has a long history of Naval service.

Here are two more pictures, most probably taken from the cargo door of a C - 2 Greyhound, showing the «Rhinos» (nickname for the Super Hornet used on U.S. supercarriers) over or near USS Stennis.

The footage below shows a recovery to the carrier in low visibility conditions of a Super Hornet (or «Rhino» as the aircraft is nicknamed aboard supercarriers) with the VFA - 143 «Pukin Dogs» (based on the badge that can be seen on the pilot's flight helmet).

In 2006, a jellyfish bloom temporarily disabled the Ronald Reagan, one of the US navy's flagship nuclear - powered supercarriers.

The visual fx are awesome, especially when depicting the end of somewhere you might immediately recognise, such as the toppling of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro or an aircraft supercarrier somersaulting onto the White House lawn.

Could supercarriers become actual carriers for moving fleets behind enemy lines?

The answer, of course, is that one designs nuclear supercarriers with the... Continue Reading

A comfortable interstate cruiser with the passenger and cargo space of a Nimitz - class supercarrier, the Town & Country looks set to solider on happily for the company that invented the modern minivan, hopefully for model years to come.

The USS John C. Stennis - a supercarrier commissioned in 1995 - created this time - lapse of what a day is like on its flight deck.

There's still no word on what roles carriers, supercarriers or titans will be squeezed into, but there are plenty of ways they could be adapted to serve important strategic roles in the new sovereignty gameplay.