"Attention, attention, this is the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. I am the lone ranger of the wing captain. Now, please follow the plan and carry out training on the ship!" Nathan picked up the microphone and shouted through the radio. Now Nathan has integrated into the role of the captain of the flight wing.
A response soon came from the radio: "Tomcat Squadron understands."
"The AWACS Squadron understands."
When the aircraft carrier goes to sea, it is not equipped with carrier-based aircraft. After the aircraft carrier sails at sea, the carrier-based aircraft will take off from the land airport and carry out a ship landing operation. After all, after the aircraft carrier returns to the port, the carrier-based aircraft will take off. It also flew to a land base.
Now it is their first time to go to sea, and the carrier-based aircraft are also in the land base of the port.
The sea is full of blue waves. The Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is just a medium-sized aircraft carrier. The deck is much smaller than the American super carrier. However, no one cares. They are all preparing. The whistling came, and the Tomcat fighter squadron flew first.
Andrew’s fighter plane was the first to fly. He has so far carried out more than ten landing operations on American aircraft carriers. Although he does not yet have the ability to land at night, he is considered relatively among the novices. Excellent.
I saw all the wings of the fighter plane unfolded, shaking left and right.
This is also the characteristic of the Tomcat fighter. Because of the longer distance between the two engines and the larger deflection torque, the fuselage shakes badly every time it is adjusted.
During the shaking, the wheel touched the deck and slid forward, hooking the second blocking rope steadily.
This is a very good landing operation, quite perfect.
The blocking cable was restored, and the fighter plane taxied towards the parking area on one side. At this time, the level of the deck operators was also being tested. They quickly picked up the fighter plane and put it in the hangar below through the elevator.
The second Tomcat fighter jet had already screamed and landed, followed by the third and fourth.
The area on the deck is limited, so after it is fully loaded, some of the carrier-based aircraft must enter the hangar below.
The Tomcat fleet fell, followed by the E-2 early warning aircraft.
The Tomcat fighters are all British pilots, and this E-2 early warning aircraft is the American. They were borrowed by Nathan. Knowing that they wanted to fight with Nathan, they agreed without hesitation.
Now they landed more calmly. After hooking the blocking line, they stopped slowly. From this moment on, the crew members joined the British navy.
"Starting from today, we will conduct daily take-off and landing training of carrier-based aircraft, air combat training under the command of AWACS and so on. We are about to embark on the battlefield. My expectation for everyone is to come back alive." On the bridge, Nathan said to these proud men of heaven.
He would not say more words of encouragement. When walking down the battlefield in Vietnam, for them, living is the biggest luxury. Only by practicing their skills can they come back alive.
"Yes!" everyone shouted in unison.
On the third day, the aircraft carrier passed Panama.
After several expansions, the United States has become a country on both sides of the sea. Therefore, for the United States, how the east and west fleets can communicate is a big problem.
Fortunately, this problem has long been resolved, and this is the Panama Canal.
If Latin America is the backyard of the United States, then Panama is the gate.
It is located in the middle of America, and it happens to be the longest and narrowest section. Therefore, in the early 20th century, the Panama Canal was dug out here.
The Americans are of course convenient. Anyway, this canal was dug by the Americans.
As for Panama, does Panama have a say
If you don’t go to Panama, you will have to bypass the southernmost corner of Latin America. The voyage is several times longer. This is very important to the United States. Therefore, the United States has a heavy presence in the Canal Zone and has established 14 military bases or fortresses. And established the "Caribbean Command" and later expanded into the "Southern Command", responsible for the operations of the three armed forces in the western hemisphere outside the United States.
The US military bases in the Panama Canal Zone include Fort Clayton Army Base, Fort Amado, Rodman Naval Base, Howard Air Force Base and Albrook Air Force Base on the Pacific coast, and the Galeta Island Naval Electronic Communication Center on the Atlantic coast. Fort Sherman Army Jungle Combat Training Center and Kokosolo Air Force Base. During the Cold War, 65,000 U.S. military officers and soldiers and thousands of civilian personnel were deployed in the Canal Zone, the highest density in the world.
However, who could have imagined how many stupid things Carter had done for the so-called peace. For example, in 1977, the Jimmy Carter administration was preparing to sign a treaty with Panama to return the canal. On March 16, 1978, the treaty The Senate and House of Representatives passed by an extremely narrow majority.
(At this point, the East China hero also feels very emotional. This product is indeed a traitor. The Americans are so blind that they actually chose this person as the president. There is no one before, and there is no one to come.)
At that time, the Carter administration also suffered a lot of doubts. For most Americans, the Panama Canal will always be the property of the Stars and Stripes. When asked how the United States will respond if the Panamanian government closes the canal on the grounds of "maintenance" in the future, President Carter’s National Security Affairs Assistant Zbigniew Brzezinski famously said: “If that happens, the U.S. military team will go in and shut down and repair the Panamanian government.”
This sentence is very angry, but in fact, if this step really occurs, then President Carter must still shout for peace, it's okay, go to Cape Heen, just go, just exercise.
This idiot completely caused the United States to lose its good international form.
Fortunately, although President Carter signed the treaty, there is still a transitional period. It will not be formally handed over to the Panamanian government until 1999. Now, the Americans are still in charge of this place.
If it is a later super aircraft carrier, it will not be able to pass through the Panama Canal. The lock here has a width limit. Among the US Navy, the Midway Island class aircraft carrier is the first US warship designed to pass the Panama Canal with the largest width.
Anything wider than it can't get through.
As for the current Queen Elizabeth, it is narrower than the Midway-class aircraft carrier, so there is no problem passing Panama.
At this time, it was dusk, the sun was shining on the aircraft carrier, and the Pozi flag fluttered in the wind on the mast. On the deck of the aircraft carrier, all carrier-based aircraft were so conspicuous.
As long as you pass the Panama Canal, you are ready to fight at any time! (End of this chapter)