This image depicts “Navy One,” specifically a Lockheed S-3B Viking from Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). The event occurred on May 1, 2003, marking the only time in history a U.S. President landed on an aircraft carrier in a fixed-wing aircraft. President George W. Bush used this flight to deliver his “Mission Accomplished” speech on the flight deck.

 

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, prepares to land on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea.

 

US Navy F14 and F16.

 

AH-1W Super Cobra BuNo 161017

 

A line up of A-10's.

 

US Navy Blue Angels this year.

 

Convair B-58 Hustler.

 

Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

 

F14 D TOMCAT.

 

OTD in 1940, the Vought F4U Corsair flew for the first time. In 1943, the Corsair and F6F Hellcat (AKA the "Terrible Twins") destroyed 5 enemy planes for every U.S. plane lost. This 1944 photo is of factory-fresh Corsairs and Hellcats being prepared to be shipped to the Pacific.

 

An E-2C Hawkeye

 

The military used Magnetic Anomaly Detectors (MADs) to hunt submarines? Developed for airborne purposes during WWII, the tech would later confirm the theory of plate tectonics. Here, a PBY-5A patrol plane, fitted with a MAD boom, streams a "Bird" on May 29, 1943.

 

Russian Douglas C-47 found in Siberia after 70+ years.

 

A-7E Corsair II attack Squadron from USS Constellation (CA-64) 1974.

 

USS Randolph (CV-15) Grumman F6F Hellcat.

 

Consolidated TBY-2 Sea Wolf. 1945.

 

This SBD-4 was found at the bottom of Lake Michigan some fifty years after it crashed during carrier qualification training. It is displayed largely as it appeared while underwater.

 

The T-6 Texan II turboprop trainer is used to train #USNavy and MarineCorps pilots

 

Vought F4U-4 Corsair.

 

F/A-18E Super Hornets on USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).2011.