OMG, you would if you had to live on a Aircraft Carrier. The only thing that the Air Wing does does is tare up your ship that you so hard on to fix for 18 months and then they come aboard and just rip the ass out of it. Then you get to start over....
@@justsayingforafriend7010 Haha... spoken with the truth of one who knows!! Thank you for your service. ...and thank you for making ops safe for all the flight crews. No easy task!!!
The financial cost is very high every time one takes off, when you do the bean counting... but the cost is also priceless 'Freedom' a deterrent of War!
After my 16 of 22 yrs onboard aircraft carrier flight decks, I really appreciate President John F. Kennedy’s quote, “I can imagine a no more rewarding career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.’”
For some reason, the "full power" hand signal has always been my favorite. No clue why. I tip my hat to these incredible men and women who keep the flight deck as efficient as it is.
THIS... I agree. I have a few vids I send people to when they ask me about the signals (after I explain most of them. I was a Greenshirt so I love telling all about the deck ops). This is NOT one I will send people to. It is not coordinated between the signals and the vid and the explanation. I know the signals, and very few were standardized or in the sequence to make things clear. Sorry YVMA, but too hacked to enjoy.
I mean they showed the brown service uniform and dress whites when talking about jobs on a dirty carrier deck. So, I don't think whoever put this together really understands the U.S. military
I was a Plane Captain with VF-101 Det.A The Grim Reapers during the Vietnam war , A lot safer during the day but at night you paid really close attention. I was all of 18 years of age and took care of a Phantom F4B.
It is said the Plane Captains own the aircraft & the pilots just borrow the aircraft for a couple of hours. Was your name printed on the landing gear door ?
It is amazing how the speaker can be so enthusiastic during such a poor demonstration of what it is supposed to be about. It should be possible to photograph a yellow shirt performing each of the many hand signals and an actual sailor or aviator performing the action. That might help viewers understand. Many of them could even be taken during a non launch cycle when signals and actions could be clearly demonstrated rather than just using a mismatched bunch of videos of they found somewhere. If this was produced by a commercial business, it would never see the light of day and people would be writing resumes!
I’ve spent 20 years in the Navy, always stationed on a destroyer or cruiser, Excellent information on the hard working folks that get, and keep, the jets flying!
I did 4 years on DDG-22, 4 and a half years on CV-59 and 3 and a half years on CG-64. Awesome sea duties on all 3 of them. May 5, 1980 - October 31, 2000.
The teamwork on an aircraft carrier flight deck is next level. I served as a yellow shirt director and loved every minute of it. I even wrote a book about it called Fire on the Flight Deck.
Wow, I didn’t realize there’s so much logistics that went on on an aircraft carrier, It was nice to be enlightened and show the different characteristics of each person’s job to carry out all that was needed for each pilot to take off. I’m impressed.
There's also a whole bunch of people up on the island that are keeping track of where every plane is on the flight deck at all times. And I believe that they're also responsible for directing the plane handles on where every plane is supposed to go and be.
My dream is to fly a Fighter Jet. When I was in the Navy women weren't allowed on ships or allowed to fly. Perhaps in another lifetime. My thoughts and prayers are with all the crewmembers in the carrier groups around the world. I proudly salute you!
My ex-boyfriend was in the Navy for 6 years. Trouble shooter on the aircraft carrier Forester V2 Bounty Hunters he loved it with all of his guts' hearts and soul. Whenever, we would see an F'-14,16,18 he'd get emotional to this day he would go back if called in a heartbeat. He loved Airplanes. He worked for The Boeing Company when he got our. Our military are our most valuable asset , that make it safe for our other valuable assets to grow up safely. 🙏 ❤⚓️ 🚢 USA 🇺🇸
How these color coded crews, a complex system of hand-signals, in an unbelievably fast moving environment do it all as one is incredibly impressive. They never cease to amaze how all these people coordinate to ensure each aircraft is ready for a safe takeoff and landing. I tip my hat and thank any who may see this. It’s truly remarkable.
@@eugenecottingham5538 Then I am so very happy to see that someone did trip across this one day. Hats off. The environment is so fast paced, everyone relying heavily that everyone is on the same page, with essentially zero margin for error, it truly is remarkable. What you and everyone else who were on that deck day in and day out is definitely worth sharing. Thank you. Because I dare say I’m not alone in my sheer admiration for just how difficult that job had to be and how hard you had to have worked to even get there. 🙏💯
Do you think it might be clearer and more informative to show the hand signial being made while it is described and explained? Have had experience on the flight line as well as the flight deck. Some signals have chainged over time and some personal style is used on squadron or station locations.
Definitely should have shown hand signals instead of the hodge podge of scrambling on the deck....I had a great time with my birds on the flight line of Boca Chica NAS.....even learned the teaberry shuffle as my strut away from the plane after final salute to pilot....
It is truly amazing to watch these savers in work. I know they have to keep their head on their shoulders so to speak But They amazingly keep it all together, From airborne to landing. God bless their souls, And their families That hang with them.
You should see them doing it at night, in the rain or heavy weather. These Americans at their professional best. After serving on USS Kitty Hawk and USS Nimitz, I am still amazed and proud of our Sailors who work on the flight deck.
They have clean minds, they don't even know why they are launching these highly armed planes to go and bomb and kill.......if you take a 40-50 or even 60 they will not agree they respect life
Flight deck Trouble Shooter here, worked outta the line shack on the Ike, and at NAS Whidbey Island from VAQ-132. Learning the hand signals is MANDATORY, you can't do a launch without them. When up between the cats, your life, and the air crews depend on it.
I was in VF-154 attached to the USS Ranger, two Westpac cruises from 1967-68 and 68-69, Vietnam war. I was an AQ in the squadron and spent quite a few hours on the flight deck working on aircraft. Working nights I was amazed how you guys controlled the flight deck so efficiently and safely especially during night ops. On several occasions I was just aft of the island just off the elevator making a test or a quick change on the radar, during recovery. What an experience. Well done guys.
I was a gear rat on the Forrestal during the 70's, worked all the Arresting Gear jobs, top side and below deck. I am sure you missed some of the hand signals used, one of them was placing your fist into the other hand and pulling it out suddenly. It was to tell someone they didn't have their head in the right place, "focus, pull your head out, you screwed up".
This hand gesture is also used by ground ops when co ordination commercial aircraft and personel. Not nearly as fast paced as an aircraft carrier but with ingestion zones( ie being sucked onto a jet engin), planes full of highly flammable gas( and the direction to keep them from hitting other planes and jet ways, etc), jet blast that could roll a truck over like a kids toy( let alone launch a human), we've USED the " pull your head OUT OF YOUR ASS" hand signal to other workers in our high noise environment, to raise their awareness to get it together...
It would have been better if you showed the actual crew member performing the signals as you described them. For a non-military person not having worked on a carrier, it was distracting watching the emphasis being on the aircraft movements, and not the personnel performing the task described. Many times the hand signals didn't match the description. Good video but the presentation could have been better synchronized. Thanks for the insight anyway.
White shirt trouble shooter with VF-33 on the Independence in early 70's. Narration had a few mistakes and could have been better synced with video but overall was informative for those who ask what it was like during flight ops. It could have better stressed the various dangers flight deck crew face every launch and recovery. During one launch a Phantom on the inside waist cat was a no-go. Air Boss wasn't happy with flight crew taking so long to move and ordered them to clear the cat immediately. The pilot hit the throttle and spun right but four men in the hot box were blown off the deck. Two went into the catwalks and two in the water. They all survived but were banged up and badly bruised. I was the replacement for one of the men who ended up in the water and learned to keep my head on a swivel during ops, a characteristic that has stayed with me throughout my adult life. Go Navy!
Your comment regarding, "...learned to keep my head on a swivel" is one of the VERY BEST anyone on deck during flight ops should remember. A good friend of mine on the USS Fox, from 1969 to 1972, came from the Midway to us. He told me of an incident on the Midway's flight deck that took about 30 seconds but he would remember it for the rest of his life! He was about a hundred and fifty feet forward of the stern, on the port side, and had to get to something across the deck. He looked around and didn't see anything threatening so he though he'd save a few minutes by crossing port to starboard on the flight deck instead of going down to the passageway that crossed beneath the deck. He was about 25-30' out from the port side when a plane rotated to line up with the cat and its jet wash swept across Curly, knocking him off his feet. He was blasted down the deck toward the stern edge. He said he spent what felt like a lifetime trying grab and scratch the deck with his hands to catch one of the tie-downs before flying off the rear of the ship. One hand caught a tie-down (they looked like a hole a little bigger than half a tennis ball with two steel bars welded across to fasten a tie-down cable to) before he went "flying" and he just laid there to catch his breath. Someone ran out to help him off the deck and down to Sick Bay. He was pretty well scuffed up!!
And I thank you for your support when it counted for us guys on the many hills and fields in Vietnam. Always a welcome site to see the Navy and Air Force helping us out of a tough situation.
There are two images that may cause confusion. When you were talking about the brown jackets, you showed a group in khaki (typical on board for officers and chiefs) rather than the deck crew brown vest. Then when you were talking about the white vests (safety personnel) you showed a group of enlisted manning the rails on a ship. Do not confuse a uniform color with the vest colors. The only personnel allowed on the flight deck without colored vest on a regular basis are air crew members during, pre flight of the aircraft, manning the aircraft or exiting the aircraft after landing. They are not to dawdle, but to get off the deck quickly after landing. The aircraft crew members are transients, only those with the colored vests work there. When flight operations are ceased, then other members of the ships company are allowed on the deck until flight operations are again commenced and announced. I was an aviator in an anti-sub squadron (VS) for several years flying off the USS Randolph (CVS-15) and the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). and their decks were well organized and well run. The Navy learned many decades ago that the one word that helped prevent accidents was TRAINING. It did not matter what your job was - you spent a lot of time training.
Absolutely...talking about uniform colors instead of jersey colors. Then show Chiefs and LSO's and labeling damn near everyone as officers. I got thru less than a third of the video before turning away. Too inaccurate for someone that knows what a flight deck environment is like!
Glad you said this when I watched the video had to rewind it back because those wasn't brown shirts they were CPO. He showed the purple people eaters but didn't mention the Purple shirt fuelers.
I have always been interested in the frenetic actions of the flight deck on an aircraft carrier, but it took some research to begin to understand how each movement means something vitally important to the smooth operations that are obvious on the aircraft carrier. This narration explains it very adequately! I've seen a couple on other carriers that I didn't really understand, but they ARE complicated. It is clear though, that each color of shirt means something important and each hand and body motion clearly means something important! My respect for all the deck workers as well as the pilots who must know ALL the signals!
I can tell you I was absolutely terrified the first time I worked the deck by myself. Like anything else it becomes routine over time. Accept night ops. I honestly never got over being nervous working night ops on the deck.
@@thewhiteeazye2728 I can't blame you one bit! The deck of an aircraft carrier IS dangerous all the time, but night definitely compounds the risk and dangers. At least the pilots are young enough to have good reaction time, and I imagine the same goes for the deck crew! I saw a video once, of an errant cable that slipped somehow and was hurtling towards one of the deck guys who saw it coming and only had time to jump straight up in the air to avoid being struck by the cable; I'd bet that jump was at least four feet high and he bent his knees back so that his heels hit his butt, so he had probably five feet of clearance! Fast reactions can save lives, that's for certain!
@@mjleger4555 I know the video you're talking about. Them cables have smooth chopped people in half whipping around the deck. I was definitely young and still immature at that point along with a lot of other kids but I distinctly remember when it was time for launching and recovery everyone snapped to and was on point at all times. It was a rush for sure no doubt about it man. I was a shooter in a F18 squadron and it never got old standing behind those motors in full afterburner just before they fired the cat and off they went. I was down right scared most the time during night ops and I always had the thought of telling someone I can't do this at night anymore but I sucked it up and rocked on. Luckily only had to do it for about 5 weeks.
@@thewhiteeazye2728 I have known that feeling, of feeling that one just can't continue to do this anymore, but like you, I HAD to suck it up or I wouldn't be alive! Still, I have all the respect in the world for ALL of you deck guys on a carrier! I am a GA pilot and I know what training it takes for the pilots long before they ever get to test their skills out on a carrier, but I don't know how much training the deck crew gets, but obviously, it is sufficient because you don't hear of a lot of negative events, but that's understandable, who wants to even think about failure much less talk about it! Thank you for your service! I love those F-18 Super Hornet aircraft, I think I would love the challenge of the carrier, but I also wonder how many times I'd have to bolter before I stuck a landing! You deck crew guys ARE admired and respected -- immensely!
0:25 I used to write to those in the ones wearing Green and Yellow Shirts and All were very appreciative of those of us writing to them during the " Operation Dear Abby"back in the late 1980s through the 1990s for our Navy and Marines. I will never ever forget those who were writing back for a number of years. To all and now Thank You for your services and your time and sacrifices.❤
Better detail and organization needed please. The purple shirts (fuel) guys were not addressed. The hand signals were rapidly talked about but not shown in practice.
The technology on these ships is mind bogging, as is the airplanes.... Power and force projection deluxe!!! Very special abilities and jobs!!! GO Navy!!!!!
People like to watch the operations but don't know or understand the hours, days and elements these men and women endure to keep our nation safe. 18 -20 hour days of maintenance and operations. Little time to eat or sleep. .010 of an inch can down a catapult and arresting gear. Thank you air department for keeping our nation safe. LONG LIVE AB'S.
Exactly. Working the flight deck is grueling, exhausting and hard on the body. Especially for those that have done it for years on end. Flight Deck operations has always been an eye opener to the public, but never understands the work and time. I’ve always said that the operation of aircraft on a flight deck carrier was for show. The real heart and soul comes from below decks.
These videos never gets old These sailors are awesome, brave and totally dedicated to their jobs. It's so dangerous and these sailors are heroes. Be safe and God be with everyone.
The air boss or the mini boss, use either or both, the 1MC or a radio. It's a combination of radio head sets, hand signals, hand held electronic board readers, and the meat ball lights or you stand close to the person you want to communicate with.
The 1MC is the ship wide announcing system mainly used by the Captain of the ship. The Air Boss uses a different system that is usually only heard on the flight deck and in the shelters of flight deck support personnel.
You left out, possibly, THE most important hand signal. I describe: 1. Extend left arm out at shoulder height, palm down, bend the arm at the elbow across your chest. 2. Form a tight fist with your right hand. 3. Place the fist under your left palm. 4. With a smart motion pull your fist down away from your palm. 5. Wash, Rinse, Repeat This is the universal hand signal for ‘GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS’!
I was on the USS Constellation with VA-146 in the 1970's, I was a plane captain then troubleshooter on the catapult during the actual launching of our aircraft. Everything was hand signals, I mean everything. There were a few you did not show on your video or explain. These would be inappropriate for Utube viewers to say the least ( R-Rated ).The one thing that made hand signals even harder was I worked the night shift ! I find to this day making signals to people that I know out of habit from nearly 50 years ago. Great carrier videos, keep them coming ! How about a video on underway replenishment for fuel or vert rep's for supplies ?
"...these include hook runners responsible for ensuring that the wires on the ship are rooted to the appropriate locations..." I ran hooks and I have no idea what he's talking about. The hook runner is responsible for freeing an arrested aircraft from the wire and getting the wire back to battery for the next trap. There was a lot said there that wasn't quite correct. Confusing even. You missed a hand signal. The arms are held high, one hand grips the fist of the other, the fist is forcefully pulled from the others grip. This signal means "Get your head out of your..." ☺ Drift USS America CV-66 '76-'79
It would be better if your comments about the handling of the aircraft were coupled with the video images of that action. This was informative but more like a running commentary with some video images for interest. Could never be used for instruction, but wouldn't take much rework for that to be OK.
My son is currently serving on the aircraft carrier. I’m so proud of him. I am so proud of all of the men and women who serve my son is in ordinance and works with the F-18s. He has been in for a little over 10 years and wants to become a pilot, I am a very proud navy home
It's an ok video for those who have never set foot on the roof before but there are a number of errors. To be fair, trying to summarize all of what goes on up there is 8 mins is not easy and there many signals that were missed and some are specific to singular aircraft model and type but at least a good effort. Just know that the signals that plane captain's use are GENREALLY the same, but not EXACTLY the same, each aircraft has their own nuanced ones, but the deck handlers are probably 95% consistent across the fleet. It would take a couple of hours to break them ALL down if not more and unless you've worked up there it would bore most. One thing's for sure, I haven't worked on the deck since 1992 but I remember ALL of them for my aircraft and ships company which isn't hard if you've done it thousands of times day or night. When you're trained It becomes second nature, almost auto-pilot. I worked mainly nights so that alone is another subset of signals using wands.
You forgot to mention the Crash and Salvage team who also wear red. The only difference between crash and ordinance is the 3 inch black strip on the from and back of the shirt that runs down the middle. Also, green is also worn by maintainers of the aircraft and ground support equipment.
I was in V.F.- 51 in the early eighties on the U.S.S. carl vinson. Made the maiden voyage world cruise and subsequent west pac. As a green shirt, we even had our own unofficial hand signals on the flight deck. One I remember was holding our hands above our heads in a circular position meaning " melon head on deck". Pertaining to a particular chief with a big noggin none of us liked!!!
My EX worked in weather forecasting. That team also worked with pilots before flights. They gave the pilots information about what to expect from Mother Nature from the time they stepped up on the flight deck, during their mission, and on their return to the fight deck.
I consider myself very fortunate to have served aboard the USS Constellation CV-64 from Sept. Of 2000 to its decommissioning in Sept. Of 2003. Worked in the waist on cats 3 & 4 and ran deck edge to launch off its very last bird. S-3 704. The flight deck was the best job I've ever had. Bar none!
Although we have tech that would allow us to communicate clearly and quietly even on a noisy flight deck, the hand signal will always be better. Few errors that way, no batteries in a radio can go bad, etc. Sorta like the tried and true middle finger... EVERYONE immediately knows what you're trying to say when you do it! :)
Chief Petty Officers are never ever referred to as Petty Officers, and Naval personnel are Sailors, not soldiers…just 2 of several mistakes in your video. So sad…
Best Navy TV commercial I have seen showed a young man in uniform saying, "I'm 19 years old and I drive a nuclear submarine. I wonder what my buddies are driving."
Fascinating! I knew nothing of any of this. In my next life I will serve in the military, I promise. I had no idea such a small part of our population in the US serves in the military.
HEY !!! What about the PURPLE SHIRTS ?? My nephew was on the CVN 77 George HW Bush on its first cruise in 2010 and my son and I met him in Mayport for the Tiger Cruise. 3 days aboard this magnificent boat and proud of all of the sailors. That's coming from a USAF Veteran:)
The purple shirts, or "grapes" as they were called, deal with the fueling of the aircraft. Very important job as one mistake could turn the entire ship into a floating inferno.
@J Bazinga thanks, I know what he did or what it means. I was dissappear that a very valuable shirt didn't get their 15 seconds of fame. NO PURPLE SHIRTS, NO MISSIONS🤣🤣
Sadly they never mention the "Grapes" Frank. I was a grape on the USS FORRESTAL many years ago and we had a saying, "No fuel, no fly" I'm so proud to have been a part of that very well organized mess they call the flight deck!!!
Nooooope! You Brown-Shoe Airedales enjoy your fresh air. If I were stationed on a Bird Farm, I'd be more comfortable in the Engineroom around two nuclear power plants, high pressure steam, rotating turbines, and electrical equipment!!! Never on a carrier, though. I was Nuke, Bubblehead, Squid. Yes, I went to sea on a ship that sank itself on purpose. Still, MANY PROPS to you guys who lived on the Flight Deck in orchestrated chaos!! Bravo-Zulu, my fellow Sailors!!!!!
Reading the comments you guys are talking about is absolutely amazing I got so much admiration and respect for all of you, words are not enough sometimes to express feelings , Awesome Guys totally frickin Awesome 💪👍❤️
Super exciting to watch the aircraft take off and land. It’s run as tight ship (no pun intended) with precision and dedication. Sign language is paramount with those noisy engines….very interesting to see and learn. Thanks for the video.
My first cruise was with VF-2 onboard USS RANGER as a plane captain during the 80-81cruise it was an experience of a lifetime working up on the flight deck
My brain would seize. I only WISH I could have done something like this 40 years ago...as girl, really, 17, it seemed a "bridge too far". Great respect to every uniformed soldier. Everyone who loves their country, must love their military . Else, what would protect your values and culture in the face of aggression? Don't fool yourself, if you feel differently. These people SAVE us.
Hey Hi, This is very informative. I want to know about of the hand signals in slow motion for every aircraft. Example: Left side to right side moment and vice versa, for stopping, checking all fitted equipment's with captain, folded wings are open up for take off, For final take off of the flight captain, shooter with whom check with sign? etc.
I never get tired of watching them launch the fighters. It is like watching an intricate ballet. Hats off and my deepest respect to these men.
And women.
@@pjgarret7653 I didn't know women were on the flight deck crews.
OMG, you would if you had to live on a Aircraft Carrier. The only thing that the Air Wing does does is tare up your ship that you so hard on to fix for 18 months and then they come aboard and just rip the ass out of it. Then you get to start over....
@@justsayingforafriend7010 Haha... spoken with the truth of one who knows!! Thank you for your service.
...and thank you for making ops safe for all the flight crews. No easy task!!!
The financial cost is very high every time one takes off, when you do the bean counting... but the cost is also priceless 'Freedom' a deterrent of War!
After my 16 of 22 yrs onboard aircraft carrier flight decks, I really appreciate President John F. Kennedy’s quote, “I can imagine a no more rewarding career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.’”
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My daddy was a shooter during part of his 22 1/2 yr in the Navy. He also wore a green shirt for a time. So super proud of my daddy.
Carrier deck ops is as beautiful as any ballet. Many kudos and respects to these unsung heroes of Naval aviation.
Whoever has this job with the Navy, I have huge respect for. This is my dream career.
Unsung heros.
Its fun, but its a ton of work
For some reason, the "full power" hand signal has always been my favorite. No clue why. I tip my hat to these incredible men and women who keep the flight deck as efficient as it is.
Lots to learn. Lots to remember. Thank you for all that served, that are serving, and those who will serve our nation.
It is confusing to hear an explanation about something while the image shows something else.
THIS... I agree. I have a few vids I send people to when they ask me about the signals (after I explain most of them. I was a Greenshirt so I love telling all about the deck ops). This is NOT one I will send people to. It is not coordinated between the signals and the vid and the explanation. I know the signals, and very few were standardized or in the sequence to make things clear. Sorry YVMA, but too hacked to enjoy.
@@chrismaggio7879 Yeah. I learned more from a DCS World Supercarrier module video than I could have from this one...
Seriously
Yes!
@@chrismaggio7879 I had a friend who was a red shirt but he died recently from pancreatitis cancer/ Probably from the fire foam he was trained with.[
We are sailors not soldiers
actually we're Airedales
I mean they showed the brown service uniform and dress whites when talking about jobs on a dirty carrier deck. So, I don't think whoever put this together really understands the U.S. military
I caught that too. I said, soldiers??
@@brentblasi7899 my daddy was an Airedales! The entire ship & sailors were so nice.
And God Bless You ALL ♥️🇺🇸
I was a Plane Captain with VF-101 Det.A The Grim Reapers during the Vietnam war , A lot safer during the day but at night you paid really close attention. I was all of 18 years of age and took care of a Phantom F4B.
It is said the Plane Captains own the aircraft & the pilots just borrow the aircraft for a couple of hours. Was your name printed on the landing gear door ?
Hey VF-74
I was stationed in the next door hangar while VF101was at NAS BOCA CHICA...VS-30 ADR3 Wiley....
It is amazing how the speaker can be so enthusiastic during such a poor demonstration of what it is supposed to be about. It should be possible to photograph a yellow shirt performing each of the many hand signals and an actual sailor or aviator performing the action. That might help viewers understand. Many of them could even be taken during a non launch cycle when signals and actions could be clearly demonstrated rather than just using a mismatched bunch of videos of they found somewhere.
If this was produced by a commercial business, it would never see the light of day and people would be writing resumes!
Respect to you for all you did
Just love the whole carrier organisation and the crew that operates it.
I’ve spent 20 years in the Navy, always stationed on a destroyer or cruiser, Excellent information on the hard working folks that get, and keep, the jets flying!
I did 4 years on DDG-22, 4 and a half years on CV-59 and 3 and a half years on CG-64. Awesome sea duties on all 3 of them. May 5, 1980 - October 31, 2000.
@@melissaclark8381 👍
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The teamwork on an aircraft carrier flight deck is next level. I served as a yellow shirt director and loved every minute of it. I even wrote a book about it called Fire on the Flight Deck.
Well done , great Respect 🙏 🫡
What a great video! I could watch flight-deck operations all day!
To all who have served, thank you for your service!
Wow, I didn’t realize there’s so much logistics that went on on an aircraft carrier, It was nice to be enlightened and show the different characteristics of each person’s job to carry out all that was needed for each pilot to take off. I’m impressed.
Me too. Human ingenuity and achievement never cease to amaze me.
99 percent of the military is logistics nowadays.
There's also a whole bunch of people up on the island that are keeping track of where every plane is on the flight deck at all times. And I believe that they're also responsible for directing the plane handles on where every plane is supposed to go and be.
@@Riceball01This “tracking” of aircraft is actually monitored and maintained in Flight Deck Control by the FD Handler.
Aircraft’s carriers are basically small cites, it is amazing all that is so tightly organized.
My dream is to fly a Fighter Jet. When I was in the Navy women weren't allowed on ships or allowed to fly. Perhaps in another lifetime. My thoughts and prayers are with all the crewmembers in the carrier groups around the world. I proudly salute you!
I am in awe of these men and women, the technology and how all this is synchronised. Awesome and
Gods speed to all who do this work.❤
So proud of all branches of our service men and women
My ex-boyfriend was in the Navy for 6 years.
Trouble shooter on the aircraft carrier
Forester
V2 Bounty Hunters he loved it with all of his guts' hearts and soul.
Whenever, we would see an F'-14,16,18 he'd get emotional to this day he would go back if called in a heartbeat.
He loved Airplanes.
He worked for
The Boeing Company when he got our.
Our military are our most valuable asset , that make it safe for our other valuable assets to grow up safely.
🙏 ❤⚓️ 🚢 USA 🇺🇸
Ex boyfriend? You sound pretty passionate about what he did. No disrespect to you, but just impressed on how much you respected his position.
Been there, done that !! The most dangerous yet most exciting and exhilarating job ever !! I just love being on the deck. 😀
Thanks for your service.
How these color coded crews, a complex system of hand-signals, in an unbelievably fast moving environment do it all as one is incredibly impressive.
They never cease to amaze how all these people coordinate to ensure each aircraft is ready for a safe takeoff and landing.
I tip my hat and thank any who may see this. It’s truly remarkable.
I was on the flight deck and I wore yellow
@@eugenecottingham5538 Then I am so very happy to see that someone did trip across this one day.
Hats off. The environment is so fast paced, everyone relying heavily that everyone is on the same page, with essentially zero margin for error, it truly is remarkable. What you and everyone else who were on that deck day in and day out is definitely worth sharing. Thank you.
Because I dare say I’m not alone in my sheer admiration for just how difficult that job had to be and how hard you had to have worked to even get there. 🙏💯
Heckuva job. Hand salute.
Thank you! I was a brown shirt. I really loved it! I was a plane captain for E2Cs and C2As.
Organized confusion
Do you think it might be clearer and more informative to show the hand signial being made while it is described and explained? Have had experience on the flight line as well as the flight deck. Some signals have chainged over time and some personal style is used on squadron or station locations.
Definitely should have shown hand signals instead of the hodge podge of scrambling on the deck....I had a great time with my birds on the flight line of Boca Chica NAS.....even learned the teaberry shuffle as my strut away from the plane after final salute to pilot....
This channel isn’t run by the navy. It’s probably 1 guy overseas who uses stock footage and a voice actor. Hence all the sloppiness in the video
It is truly amazing to watch these savers in work. I know they have to keep their head on their shoulders so to speak But They amazingly keep it all together, From airborne to landing. God bless their souls, And their families That hang with them.
So, you're telling me that these 20 something years old kids running one of the most majestic shows on earth, right? Wow just wow!!!
You should see them doing it at night, in the rain or heavy weather. These Americans at their professional best. After serving on USS Kitty Hawk and USS Nimitz, I am still amazed and proud of our Sailors who work on the flight deck.
Yup.
They have clean minds, they don't even know why they are launching these highly armed planes to go and bomb and kill.......if you take a 40-50 or even 60 they will not agree they respect life
Absolutely true
Flight deck Trouble Shooter here, worked outta the line shack on the Ike, and at NAS Whidbey Island from VAQ-132. Learning the hand signals is MANDATORY, you can't do a launch without them. When up between the cats, your life, and the air crews depend on it.
ABH 1. USNR-Ret
Last command was the USS Saratoga 86-92. I even did a stint as line supervisor for VA 204 and went one the Ike as a turd shirt
ABH 3 USS Theodore Roosevelt when it was home in Norfolk.
I was in VF-154 attached to the USS Ranger, two Westpac cruises from 1967-68 and 68-69, Vietnam war. I was an AQ in the squadron and spent quite a few hours on the flight deck working on aircraft. Working nights I was amazed how you guys controlled the flight deck so efficiently and safely especially during night ops. On several occasions I was just aft of the island just off the elevator making a test or a quick change on the radar, during recovery. What an experience. Well done guys.
Kudos CV-59 80-84
I was a gear rat on the Forrestal during the 70's, worked all the Arresting Gear jobs, top side and below deck. I am sure you missed some of the hand signals used, one of them was placing your fist into the other hand and pulling it out suddenly. It was to tell someone they didn't have their head in the right place, "focus, pull your head out, you screwed up".
And if I'm not mistaken, signs shown above the chest are for pilot, and below the chest are for the flight deck crew, right?
So was I!! Lol ⚓
Normally you didn't do that to a pilot....jus used on some of the dummies you had to work with....Them pilots do come back to the hangar ya know...
Meaning"get your head out of your ass" AME2 CVA63 1968 VA65
TIGERS
This hand gesture is also used by ground ops when co ordination commercial aircraft and personel. Not nearly as fast paced as an aircraft carrier but with ingestion zones( ie being sucked onto a jet engin), planes full of highly flammable gas( and the direction to keep them from hitting other planes and jet ways, etc), jet blast that could roll a truck over like a kids toy( let alone launch a human), we've USED the " pull your head OUT OF YOUR ASS" hand signal to other workers in our high noise environment, to raise their awareness to get it together...
It would have been better if you showed the actual crew member performing the signals as you described them. For a non-military person not having worked on a carrier, it was distracting watching the emphasis being on the aircraft movements, and not the personnel performing the task described. Many times the hand signals didn't match the description. Good video but the presentation could have been better synchronized. Thanks for the insight anyway.
Yeah that was my complaint too.
This channel isn’t run by the navy. It’s probably 1 guy overseas who uses stock footage and a voice actor. Hence all the sloppiness in the video
White shirt trouble shooter with VF-33 on the Independence in early 70's. Narration had a few mistakes and could have been better synced with video but overall was informative for those who ask what it was like during flight ops. It could have better stressed the various dangers flight deck crew face every launch and recovery. During one launch a Phantom on the inside waist cat was a no-go. Air Boss wasn't happy with flight crew taking so long to move and ordered them to clear the cat immediately. The pilot hit the throttle and spun right but four men in the hot box were blown off the deck. Two went into the catwalks and two in the water. They all survived but were banged up and badly bruised. I was the replacement for one of the men who ended up in the water and learned to keep my head on a swivel during ops, a characteristic that has stayed with me throughout my adult life. Go Navy!
This channel isn’t run by the navy. It’s probably 1 guy overseas who uses stock footage and a voice actor. Hence all the sloppiness in the video
Your comment regarding, "...learned to keep my head on a swivel" is one of the VERY BEST anyone on deck during flight ops should remember.
A good friend of mine on the USS Fox, from 1969 to 1972, came from the Midway to us. He told me of an incident on the Midway's flight deck that took about 30 seconds but he would remember it for the rest of his life! He was about a hundred and fifty feet forward of the stern, on the port side, and had to get to something across the deck. He looked around and didn't see anything threatening so he though he'd save a few minutes by crossing port to starboard on the flight deck instead of going down to the passageway that crossed beneath the deck. He was about 25-30' out from the port side when a plane rotated to line up with the cat and its jet wash swept across Curly, knocking him off his feet. He was blasted down the deck toward the stern edge. He said he spent what felt like a lifetime trying grab and scratch the deck with his hands to catch one of the tie-downs before flying off the rear of the ship. One hand caught a tie-down (they looked like a hole a little bigger than half a tennis ball with two steel bars welded across to fasten a tie-down cable to) before he went "flying" and he just laid there to catch his breath. Someone ran out to help him off the deck and down to Sick Bay. He was pretty well scuffed up!!
Wish you could show the flight deck on the Intrepid during Vietnam. I was line po for VA-106, we flew A4E s. The best flight deck crew I was with.
And I thank you for your support when it counted for us guys on the many hills and fields in Vietnam. Always a welcome site to see the Navy and Air Force helping us out of a tough situation.
I work on the ship what year was that? 67
Hell, yeah! A4s outta Lemoore, Oriskany and Hancock 1966-67-68. Flight Ops, nothing else like it in the world!
Thank you for your service and a warm welcome home…like it should have been done.
Thank you for making this video...
In my lifetime..these sailors are absolute heros.
Go, Navy! God bless the men and women who serve. Amen
Utmost Respect. Thank you all for your service. Much Respect. Much
There are two images that may cause confusion. When you were talking about the brown jackets, you showed a group in khaki (typical on board for officers and chiefs) rather than the deck crew brown vest. Then when you were talking about the white vests (safety personnel) you showed a group of enlisted manning the rails on a ship.
Do not confuse a uniform color with the vest colors. The only personnel allowed on the flight deck without colored vest on a regular basis are air crew members during, pre flight of the aircraft, manning the aircraft or exiting the aircraft after landing. They are not to dawdle, but to get off the deck quickly after landing. The aircraft crew members are transients, only those with the colored vests work there. When flight operations are ceased, then other members of the ships company are allowed on the deck until flight operations are again commenced and announced.
I was an aviator in an anti-sub squadron (VS) for several years flying off the USS Randolph (CVS-15) and the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). and their decks were well organized and well run. The Navy learned many decades ago that the one word that helped prevent accidents was TRAINING. It did not matter what your job was - you spent a lot of time training.
Absolutely...talking about uniform colors instead of jersey colors. Then show Chiefs and LSO's and labeling damn near everyone as officers. I got thru less than a third of the video before turning away. Too inaccurate for someone that knows what a flight deck environment is like!
Glad you said this when I watched the video had to rewind it back because those wasn't brown shirts they were CPO. He showed the purple people eaters but didn't mention the Purple shirt fuelers.
Glad that I am not the only one that caught that.
Thank you for all of your services
Awesome!! Like a choreographed dance!!🇺🇸🙏🏻. God Bless all!
I used to work on a flight line in the eighties and loved it. Being in charge of officers flying as a maintainer was brilliant.
I have always been interested in the frenetic actions of the flight deck on an aircraft carrier, but it took some research to begin to understand how each movement means something vitally important to the smooth operations that are obvious on the aircraft carrier. This narration explains it very adequately! I've seen a couple on other carriers that I didn't really understand, but they ARE complicated. It is clear though, that each color of shirt means something important and each hand and body motion clearly means something important! My respect for all the deck workers as well as the pilots who must know ALL the signals!
Watching films of the early prop planes ( even pre-WW2 ) and into the jet age, you can see how much blood this must have cost.
I can tell you I was absolutely terrified the first time I worked the deck by myself. Like anything else it becomes routine over time. Accept night ops. I honestly never got over being nervous working night ops on the deck.
@@thewhiteeazye2728 I can't blame you one bit! The deck of an aircraft carrier IS dangerous all the time, but night definitely compounds the risk and dangers. At least the pilots are young enough to have good reaction time, and I imagine the same goes for the deck crew! I saw a video once, of an errant cable that slipped somehow and was hurtling towards one of the deck guys who saw it coming and only had time to jump straight up in the air to avoid being struck by the cable; I'd bet that jump was at least four feet high and he bent his knees back so that his heels hit his butt, so he had probably five feet of clearance! Fast reactions can save lives, that's for certain!
@@mjleger4555 I know the video you're talking about. Them cables have smooth chopped people in half whipping around the deck. I was definitely young and still immature at that point along with a lot of other kids but I distinctly remember when it was time for launching and recovery everyone snapped to and was on point at all times. It was a rush for sure no doubt about it man. I was a shooter in a F18 squadron and it never got old standing behind those motors in full afterburner just before they fired the cat and off they went. I was down right scared most the time during night ops and I always had the thought of telling someone I can't do this at night anymore but I sucked it up and rocked on. Luckily only had to do it for about 5 weeks.
@@thewhiteeazye2728 I have known that feeling, of feeling that one just can't continue to do this anymore, but like you, I HAD to suck it up or I wouldn't be alive! Still, I have all the respect in the world for ALL of you deck guys on a carrier! I am a GA pilot and I know what training it takes for the pilots long before they ever get to test their skills out on a carrier, but I don't know how much training the deck crew gets, but obviously, it is sufficient because you don't hear of a lot of negative events, but that's understandable, who wants to even think about failure much less talk about it! Thank you for your service! I love those F-18 Super Hornet aircraft, I think I would love the challenge of the carrier, but I also wonder how many times I'd have to bolter before I stuck a landing! You deck crew guys ARE admired and respected -- immensely!
0:25 I used to write to those in the ones wearing Green and Yellow Shirts and All were very appreciative of those of us writing to them during the " Operation Dear Abby"back in the late 1980s through the 1990s for our Navy and Marines. I will never ever forget those who were writing back for a number of years. To all and now Thank You for your services and your time and sacrifices.❤
The video briefly shows but gives no mention of the purple shirts (Aviation Fuels, V-4 Division).
You all are AWESOME
Fair attempt at explaining the hand signals. Should have shown the hand signal being performed while being explained.
Indeed
Wow 😮 I had no clue all those hand signals were that specific and difficult. Great video!!!
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My God. I had never supposed it. Thanks you indeed, mate. Salute from Italy. 🇺🇸🇮🇹
Love watching this vids! Keep em coming
I’ve always been fascinated by their hand signals!
Better detail and organization needed please. The purple shirts (fuel) guys were not addressed. The hand signals were rapidly talked about but not shown in practice.
The technology on these ships is mind bogging, as is the airplanes.... Power and force projection deluxe!!! Very special abilities and jobs!!! GO Navy!!!!!
People like to watch the operations but don't know or understand the hours, days and elements these men and women endure to keep our nation safe. 18 -20 hour days of maintenance and operations. Little time to eat or sleep. .010 of an inch can down a catapult and arresting gear. Thank you air department for keeping our nation safe. LONG LIVE AB'S.
Exactly. Working the flight deck is grueling, exhausting and hard on the body. Especially for those that have done it for years on end. Flight Deck operations has always been an eye opener to the public, but never understands the work and time. I’ve always said that the operation of aircraft on a flight deck carrier was for show. The real heart and soul comes from below decks.
So proud all sailors,crews members on an Aircraft Carrier’s ,thanks for sharing this video clip ,excellent .(RCL Veterans)🇺🇸🇨🇦🇫🇷🇦🇺🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇹🇼😮
These videos never gets old
These sailors are awesome, brave and totally dedicated to their jobs. It's so dangerous and these sailors are heroes. Be safe and God be with everyone.
I couldn't make it, I'll be the one that shows up in the wrong shirt, giving wrong signals and probably swept off the deck 😂
Yeah, I definitely wanted to see hand signals matching the narration. There wasn't really enough of that.
As far as I saw, there wasn't ANY of that...
This is a awesome video
The air boss or the mini boss, use either or both, the 1MC or a radio. It's a combination of radio head sets, hand signals, hand held electronic board readers, and the meat ball lights or you stand close to the person you want to communicate with.
It's the 5MC. 1MC is inside the skin of the ship
The 1MC is the ship wide announcing system mainly used by the Captain of the ship. The Air Boss uses a different system that is usually only heard on the flight deck and in the shelters of flight deck support personnel.
Did he say "enlisted soldiers"? This was produced by someone who has never been there or done that.
You left out, possibly, THE most important hand signal. I describe:
1. Extend left arm out at shoulder height, palm down, bend the arm at the elbow across your chest.
2. Form a tight fist with your right hand.
3. Place the fist under your left palm.
4. With a smart motion pull your fist down away from your palm.
5. Wash, Rinse, Repeat
This is the universal hand signal for ‘GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS’!
Yes, I couldn't agree more. This signal could be used on the hangar deck quite effectively.
Great!
I was on the USS Constellation with VA-146 in the 1970's, I was a plane captain then troubleshooter on the catapult during the actual launching of our aircraft. Everything was hand signals, I mean everything. There were a few you did not show on your video or explain. These would be inappropriate for Utube viewers to say the least ( R-Rated ).The one thing that made hand signals even harder was I worked the night shift ! I find to this day making signals to people that I know out of habit from nearly 50 years ago. Great carrier videos, keep them coming ! How about a video on underway replenishment for fuel or vert rep's for supplies ?
My husband was on the Connie 62-66 he was a green shirt
"...these include hook runners responsible for ensuring that the wires on the ship are rooted to the appropriate locations..." I ran hooks and I have no idea what he's talking about.
The hook runner is responsible for freeing an arrested aircraft from the wire and getting the wire back to battery for the next trap.
There was a lot said there that wasn't quite correct. Confusing even.
You missed a hand signal. The arms are held high, one hand grips the fist of the other, the fist is forcefully pulled from the others grip. This signal means "Get your head
out of your..." ☺
Drift
USS America CV-66 '76-'79
Didn't mention the Purple Vests. These personnel are in charge of fueling aircraft prior to flight.
AKA "Grapes" No fuel, no flight.
I agree, every flight deck personnel plays a vital role in launching and recovering of aircraft. All colored jerseys are vital in everyday operations.
How skillful these young sailors are...
It would be better if your comments about the handling of the aircraft were coupled with the video images of that action. This was informative but more like a running commentary with some video images for interest. Could never be used for instruction, but wouldn't take much rework for that to be OK.
My son is currently serving on the aircraft carrier. I’m so proud of him. I am so proud of all of the men and women who serve my son is in ordinance and works with the F-18s. He has been in for a little over 10 years and wants to become a pilot, I am a very proud navy home
It's an ok video for those who have never set foot on the roof before but there are a number of errors. To be fair, trying to summarize all of what goes on up there is 8 mins is not easy and there many signals that were missed and some are specific to singular aircraft model and type but at least a good effort. Just know that the signals that plane captain's use are GENREALLY the same, but not EXACTLY the same, each aircraft has their own nuanced ones, but the deck handlers are probably 95% consistent across the fleet. It would take a couple of hours to break them ALL down if not more and unless you've worked up there it would bore most.
One thing's for sure, I haven't worked on the deck since 1992 but I remember ALL of them for my aircraft and ships company which isn't hard if you've done it thousands of times day or night. When you're trained It becomes second nature, almost auto-pilot. I worked mainly nights so that alone is another subset of signals using wands.
Aye Sir! All due respect and a salute to all the teams working together in harmony on deck aboard the Aircraft Carrier.
Just checking: you do know that standard Navy uniforms are not related to flight deck colors, right?
Very interesting!! Enjoyed this video!!
You forgot to mention the Crash and Salvage team who also wear red. The only difference between crash and ordinance is the 3 inch black strip on the from and back of the shirt that runs down the middle. Also, green is also worn by maintainers of the aircraft and ground support equipment.
Did he mention the POL team (purple)? I may have missed it. 🤔
I thought ordinance wore red?
I was in V.F.- 51 in the early eighties on the U.S.S. carl vinson. Made the maiden voyage world cruise and subsequent west pac. As a green shirt, we even had our own unofficial hand signals on the flight deck. One I remember was holding our hands above our heads in a circular position meaning " melon head on deck". Pertaining to a particular chief with a big noggin none of us liked!!!
That’s not nice. 😂😂😂😂
I think you guys ( shooters) are awesome. And the rest Thank You, for your service. !🇺🇸
Not insane - a crystal clear visual language to those who have fully learned it! No good shouting to a pilot who can't hear.
This would have been so much better if we actually saw the hand signals at the same time of the description.
This was an absolute blast to watch - thank you 😀😀😀
My EX worked in weather forecasting. That team also worked with pilots before flights. They gave the pilots information about what to expect from Mother Nature from the time they stepped up on the flight deck, during their mission, and on their return to the fight deck.
I was really hoping to actually see the hand gestures, not just described.
I consider myself very fortunate to have served aboard the USS Constellation CV-64 from Sept. Of 2000 to its decommissioning in Sept. Of 2003. Worked in the waist on cats 3 & 4 and ran deck edge to launch off its very last bird. S-3 704. The flight deck was the best job I've ever had. Bar none!
Although we have tech that would allow us to communicate clearly and quietly even on a noisy flight deck, the hand signal will always be better. Few errors that way, no batteries in a radio can go bad, etc. Sorta like the tried and true middle finger... EVERYONE immediately knows what you're trying to say when you do it! :)
Chief Petty Officers are never ever referred to as Petty Officers, and Naval personnel are Sailors, not soldiers…just 2 of several mistakes in your video. So sad…
Best Navy TV commercial I have seen showed a young man in uniform saying,
"I'm 19 years old and I drive a nuclear submarine. I wonder what my buddies are driving."
My salute to the entire team of aircraft carriers for making the show run run 24 hrs.thank u for sharing the truth.😊 from India.
RESPECT!! the best job on the planet next to being a pilot..
Our Navy has the best Naval Aviators in the world. The people working on the deck are simply amazing, I am very proud of the whole crew.
Brings back some great memories.
Got a lot of it wrong, referencing brown uniforms while showing CPOs in kackies,
Plane captains don't remain in the aircraft.....
Fascinating! I knew nothing of any of this. In my next life I will serve in the military, I promise. I had no idea such a small part of our population in the US serves in the military.
It seems to be a rewarding career to be on a Navy aircraft carrier! Hard work, but rewarding! Thanks to all who serve!!
My deepest respect to all members of the Armed Forces
Amen.
All people despite their age need to know how to salute someone in in the military
Call me a pirate if you cant call me a sailor, but do not call me a soldier.
FANTASTIC, I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT IT THAT COMPLICATED THANK YOU.
HEY !!! What about the PURPLE SHIRTS ?? My nephew was on the CVN 77 George HW Bush on its first cruise in 2010 and my son and I met him in Mayport for the Tiger Cruise. 3 days aboard this magnificent boat and proud of all of the sailors. That's coming from a USAF Veteran:)
The purple shirts, or "grapes" as they were called, deal with the fueling of the aircraft. Very important job as one mistake could turn the entire ship into a floating inferno.
@J Bazinga thanks, I know what he did or what it means. I was dissappear that a very valuable shirt didn't get their 15 seconds of fame. NO PURPLE SHIRTS, NO MISSIONS🤣🤣
Exactly brother!!!
Sadly they never mention the "Grapes" Frank. I was a grape on the USS FORRESTAL many years ago and we had a saying, "No fuel, no fly" I'm so proud to have been a part of that very well organized mess they call the flight deck!!!
Nooooope!
You Brown-Shoe Airedales enjoy your fresh air. If I were stationed on a Bird Farm, I'd be more comfortable in the Engineroom around two nuclear power plants, high pressure steam, rotating turbines, and electrical equipment!!!
Never on a carrier, though. I was Nuke, Bubblehead, Squid. Yes, I went to sea on a ship that sank itself on purpose.
Still, MANY PROPS to you guys who lived on the Flight Deck in orchestrated chaos!!
Bravo-Zulu, my fellow Sailors!!!!!
Reading the comments you guys are talking about is absolutely amazing I got so much admiration and respect for all of you, words are not enough sometimes to express feelings , Awesome Guys totally frickin Awesome 💪👍❤️
Very complicated and must be understood by all involved, otherwise it’s a disaster on deck. I salute them all.
Super exciting to watch the aircraft take off and land.
It’s run as tight ship (no pun intended) with precision and dedication.
Sign language is paramount with those noisy engines….very interesting to
see and learn. Thanks for the video.
My first cruise was with VF-2 onboard USS RANGER as a plane captain during the 80-81cruise it was an experience of a lifetime working up on the flight deck
That was Awesome! Thank you for sharing. 👍👍🙏
My brain would seize. I only WISH I could have done something like this 40 years ago...as girl, really, 17, it seemed a "bridge too far". Great respect to every uniformed soldier. Everyone who loves their country, must love their military . Else, what would protect your values and culture in the face of aggression? Don't fool yourself, if you feel differently. These people SAVE us.
Hey Hi, This is very informative. I want to know about of the hand signals in slow motion for every aircraft. Example: Left side to right side moment and vice versa, for stopping, checking all fitted equipment's with captain, folded wings are open up for take off, For final take off of the flight captain, shooter with whom check with sign? etc.
The pilots schedule:
Eat til you’re tired, sleep til you’re hungry.
Yes, all Navy persons on Board should pay attention to the colors and hand signals.