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Ford Launched And Recovered First Fixed Wing Aircraft Using EMALS And AAG

Ford Launched And Recovered First Fixed Wing Aircraft Using EMALS And AAG
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 launches from the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) for the first time using the EMALS launcher following a first arrested landing using the AAG. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cathrine Campbell)

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) launched and recovered its first fixed-wing aircraft on Saturday, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, time while using the advanced arresting gear (AAG) and new EMALS launch system, both firsts aboard the newly commissioned aircraft carrier.The Super Hornet was piloted from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 at Patuxent River, Md. In the operation, the aircraft caught the number two arresting wire of Ford’s AAG system for the first arrested landing on the carrier at…

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