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Title: Sailor is known as being “superhuman” for feat aboard an aircraft carrier
Post by: rangerrebew on April 06, 2020, 01:03:29 pm

Sailor is known as being “superhuman” for feat aboard an aircraft carrier
April 3rd, 2020   

Life on an aircraft carrier is hazardous enough- but to work on the deck is another story entirely.

At the heart of the action, the world’s most portable military air bases require a high level of professionalism in order to work atop a carrier deck- and situational awareness is key.

Such is the case in 2003, when an F/A-18 Hornet hooked an arresting cable during landing aboard the USS George Washington off the coast of Virginia, only to find that the cable had snapped.

https://popularmilitary.com/sailor-is-known-as-being-superhuman-for-feat-aboard-an-aircraft-carrier/