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  1. On 28 July 2017, Lt. Cmdr. Jamie "Coach" Struck of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) performed the first EMALS catapult launch from USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in an F/A-18F Super Hornet. By April 2021, 8,000 launch/recovery cycles had been performed with the EMALS and the AAG arrestor system aboard USS Gerald R. Ford. The USN also ...

  2. Oct 10, 2016 · USS Gerald R. Ford Supercarrier (CVN-78) Tests Amazing New Electromagnetic Catapult Launch SystemThis video features the United States Navy's newly developed...

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  3. Feb 28, 2024 · USS Gerald R. Ford, CVN 78, is the first carrier to bring the safe, efficient, and robust capabilities of EMALS and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) into areas of operation as part of its deployment in the Mediterranean. CVN 78 has successfully conducted 22,900 successful aircraft launches and recoveries since its commissioning in 2017 with ...

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  5. Feb 22, 2024 · EMALS, first integrated into USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), replaces the existing steam catapults currently in use on the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz -class aircraft carriers. Following successful “no-load” testing on catapults one and two, known as the ‘bow cats,’ the NNS team, alongside the John F. Kennedy crew, has now started “dead-load ...

  6. Feb 26, 2024 · Wolfe and the EMALS test team utilized all the lessons learned from USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) first operational deployment as they began testing for EMALS on John F. Kennedy. Additionally, EMALS test efforts benefit from the collective knowledge of John F. Kennedy’s Ships Force who are already trained on Ford-class launch and recovery ...

  7. Feb 26, 2024 · A T-45C Goshawk training aircraft attached to Training Air Wing One lands on the USS Gerald R. Ford in 2020. ... The recent catapult testing, a key part of getting a carrier ready, ...

  8. Aug 1, 2017 · An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 flies over USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

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