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By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | April 15, 2011 | +

Always impressive to see young Americans responding to an emergency, like this engine fire Monday  aboard an F-18 during a touch-and-go exercise on the USS Carl Vinson.

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  • falcon307

    Not a touch and go, which would be executed with the hook up. That was what is called a “trap” in Naval Aviation parlance.

    As a Naval Aviator, I experienced way too many examples of heroism on the flight deck. It is one of the most dangerous places to work in the world, and we were all trained and ready.

    My question is: How long did it take them to get the deck ready to recover the aircraft in the air? I’m guessing not long, that they had adequate tanker assets airborne and did not have to divert ( “bingo”) a single aircraft to shore.

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