Why newest Navy aircraft carrier needs fewer sailors for flight ops
US Navy/Chief MCS RJ Stratchko Aboard Navy aircraft carriers, Aviation Boatswain's Mates (Equipment) keep flight operations going. The Navy's newest carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, has first-in-class technology and optimized manning, which allows it to operate with fewer personnel than its Nimitz-class predecessors. NORFOLK, Virginia — If an aircraft carrier did not have Aviation Boatswain's Mates (Equipment), also known as ABEs, carriers would just be carrying aircraft. Flight operations wouldn't be possible, and one of the carrier's primary missions couldn't be ...
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