thedrifter
11-08-02, 06:55 AM
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ABOARD USS TARAWA (LHA-1) – Night falls on USS Tarawa, and only small lights on the flight deck are visible. A roar can be heard in the distance, and within minutes, the AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft hovers 15 feet over the flight deck.
While a guide on the ground directs the pilot down to the surface, the power of the engine’s thrust is felt by everyone nearby. Without hesitation, the pilot makes a steady landing and cuts the power immediately, concluding the flight.
The mission carried out by the Harriers is part of the two-week training exercise, COMPTUEX, which is one of the many executed during workups for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
The 15th MEU is scheduled to depart in January 2003 for a six-month deployment. (Photo by LCpl Brent Harvey)
http://www.15meu.usmc.mil/pages/comptuex_harriers.htm
Sempers,
Roger
ABOARD USS TARAWA (LHA-1) – Night falls on USS Tarawa, and only small lights on the flight deck are visible. A roar can be heard in the distance, and within minutes, the AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft hovers 15 feet over the flight deck.
While a guide on the ground directs the pilot down to the surface, the power of the engine’s thrust is felt by everyone nearby. Without hesitation, the pilot makes a steady landing and cuts the power immediately, concluding the flight.
The mission carried out by the Harriers is part of the two-week training exercise, COMPTUEX, which is one of the many executed during workups for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
The 15th MEU is scheduled to depart in January 2003 for a six-month deployment. (Photo by LCpl Brent Harvey)
http://www.15meu.usmc.mil/pages/comptuex_harriers.htm
Sempers,
Roger