Weapons Build: USS Ford

11/25/2020
Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapons department move and build MK-82 500-pound class inert bombs May 30, 2020. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting integrated air wing operations. 05.29.2020 Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

Black Dagger Launch

11/23/2020
Launch of a Black Dagger target missile at Fort Wingate NM in support of a White Sands Missile Range test mission. The Black Dagger was intercepted over WSMR as part of a Missile Defense Agency test of the THAAD radar system and PAC-3 missile system. GALLUP, NM, 10.01.2020 Video by…

Spartan Warrior 2020

11/20/2020
The USAFE Warrior Prep Center hosted Spartan Warrior 20-09, the largest Combined Air Operations simulation exercise to test a new training simulator. These exercises will help improve interoperability, operational fluidity for NATO partners and allies, and strengthen coalition force cohesion. Future Spartan Warriors will further develop the vision for Joint…

Weapons Elevator 3

11/18/2020
Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapons department move and build MK-82 500-pound class inert bombs May 30, 2020. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting integrated air wing operations. 05.29.2020 Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

Bomber Run

11/16/2020
345th EBS sortie on Sept. 25th in support of Bomber Task Force 20-04. EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, AK, UNITED STATES 09.25.2020 Video by Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle 307th Bomb Wing

Weapons Loading onboard USS Ford

11/13/2020
Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapons department and personnel attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 load MK-82 500-pound class inert bombs and other inert ordnance onto F/A-18E Super Hornets on the ship’s flight deck during flight operations May 30, 2020. Ford is underway in the…