#nimitz-class

🔴E-2C Hawkeye Land On Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier

Wings of its own....

A United States Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier appears to have wings of its own as it heels into a sharp, high-speed turn.

Extra-sharp maneuvers for the 100,000-ton warships like the one above are usually reserved for testing purposes only....measuring everything from overall structural integrity to mechanical reliability of the ship’s rudders....and are conducted under tightly-controlled and measured circumstances.

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) -- lead-ship of 10 U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in the Nimitz-class (Now just beginning to be succeeded by the Gerald R. Ford-class of carriers, with the recent commissioning of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78).)

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Bottom line: These are each ten-Billion-dollar warships carrying dozens of multi-million-dollar aircraft, nuclear reactors for propulsion, operated by 6,000 men and women....and they need to be battle-ready and battle-tough to survive any eventuality.

Having wings of its own, as such, ensures its embarked air wing of fighter jets, attack aircraft and logistics planes are maintained, launched and recovered from the safest and most reliable platform possible.

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New Papercraft has been published at PaperCraftSquare: Link: http://www.papercraftsquare.com/uss-harry-s-truman-cvn-75-nimitz-class-aircraft-carrier-free-paper-model-download.html Paper Craft Name: USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 Nimitz-class Aircraft Carrier Free Paper Model Download Description:

This ship paper model is the USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75, the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, the papercraft is created by Lily of the Valley Studio, and the scale is in 1:700.

The ship's callsign is Lone Warrior, and she is currently homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Harry S. Truman was launched on 14 September 1996 by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, and commissioned on 25 July 1998 with Captain Thomas Otterbein in command. President Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker, and other notable attendees and speakers included Missouri Representative Ike Skelton, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton.

Harry S. Truman was initially the flagship of Carrier Group Two and, beginning 1 October 2004, of Carrier Strike Group Ten.

Beginning in 2001, the Harry S. Truman Carrier Battle Group participated in Operation Joint Endeavor, Operation Deny Flight, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Summer Pulse '04, and NATO Operation Medshark/Majestic Eagle '04. For further information please click here.

You can download this paper model template here: USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 Nimitz-class Aircraft Carrier Free Paper Model Download [Box] [Gavitex]