With the first successful launch and recovery of a fighter jet aboard the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the U.S. Navy made history during a brief test event July 28. The newly commissioned ship’s Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) figured prominently in the flight operations, which comprised four arrestments and four launches.
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