USS Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier — By the Numbers

This is cool, via Telegraph UK:



And at London's Daily Mail, "Towering 20 stories above the waterline and more than 1,000ft long: Inside glimpse of the awesome naval power that is the USS Roosevelt."

Plus, at the U.S. Navy YouTube page, "Theodore Roosevelt Deploys for World Tour."

Fighter Pilot Passes Floating Snickers Bar

Heh, this is trippy.

Here: "How to Pass Snacks to the Rear Seat of a Fighter Jet."

Via ABC-7 Los Angeles, "VIDEO: How fighter pilots pass snacks to each other."

The Best Photos of the USS George H.W. Bush's Homecoming

Sweet.

At the Daily Signal.

Go Navy!

Heh, just now on Twitter:

#239NavyBday RT @AdamBaldwin: #GoNavy! "For 239 Years, the @USNavy Has Stood the Watch!" - http://t.co/Cmrt8kvS0Y

— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) October 13, 2014

Fleet Week Air Show San Francisco (2014)

At Twitchy, "Amazing photos, videos of the Blue Angels in action from San Francisco’s Fleet Week."

PREVIOUSLY: "San Francisco Fleet Week."

San Francisco Fleet Week

I love this --- at Moscow by the Bay, lol!

At the San Francisco Chronicle, "Fleet Week to open in S.F. with a roar," and "Fleet Week roars back with commission for newest assault ship."

Plus, from CBS News Bay Area, "Parade of Ships Makes It Way Under Golden Gate Bridge For Fleet Week," and "Sailors Crowd San Francisco Streets for Fleet Week Festivities."

Missing U.S. Marine Corps Aircrew Member Lost at Sea

At Pat Dollard's, "Missing U.S. Marine Corps Aircrew Member Lost at Sea." And Stars & Stripes, "Search over: Missing Marine aircrew member declared lost at sea."

And see the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Search of Arabian Sea ends for Marine who jumped from ailing Osprey, paper reports":

A Marine who leapt into the Arabia Sea from a MV-22 Osprey after the aircraft lost power is presumed dead, the Navy Times newspaper reported Thursday. The Navy called off the search earlier Thursday, a day after the Marine and another crewman jumped from the tilt-rotor aircraft.

The second Marine was recovered shortly after jumping and was reported in stable condition aboard the USS Makin Island, the amphibious assault ship from which the Osprey had launched before losing power. The pilot was able to gain control of the aircraft and return to the ship, the Navy Times reported...

More.

VIDEO: U.S. Navy Jets Conduct Missions Against #ISIS Jihadists in Iraq

This is wicked.

From the Navy, "ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 18 and 19, 2014) F/A-18 Hornets and EA-6B Prowlers launch from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) supporting strike, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. These missions help increase U.S. capacity to target ISIL, and coordinate the activities of the U.S. military across Iraq."

VIDEO: Marine Capt. William Mahoney Lands AV-8B Harrier on Tiny Bench After Landing Gear Malfunction

Simply amazing.

At the Navy Times, "Marine Harrier pilot sticks incredible landing on tiny bench at sea."