「尼米兹」号航母完成东海岸首次训练航行：442次阻拦着舰，新飞行员首获航母起降资格
美国海军核动力航空母舰「尼米兹」号（CVN 68）11月9日返回位于弗吉尼亚州的诺福克海军基地，完成该舰转隶东海岸后的首次训练航行。美国战争部发布的通报说，此次出海的核心任务是航母资格训练，为新飞行员和有经验的海军飞行员提供在航母上起降的实操考核。
训练期间，「尼米兹」号的航母空中交通管制中心先完成重新认证，随后为第1舰载机联队和第106战斗攻击机中队（VFA-106）完成了资格认证。全程共完成103个架次、442次阻拦着舰和152次触舰复飞。
对新飞行员来说，这是职业生涯的关键一关：他们驾驶 F/A-18E/F「超级大黄蜂」战斗机，完成了人生第一次在航母上的阻拦着舰和弹射起飞。完成喷气式战机考核后，学员飞行员又换飞 T-45C「苍鹰」教练机，继续接受舰载飞行训练。
「尼米兹」号舰长 Joseph Furco 上校表示，舰员在不到两年时间里完成了两次海外部署、任务区域覆盖三个责任区，此次返航后很快又投入高强度的资格训练。舰上航空部门负责人 Michael Farley 中校说，航空部门和舰载机联队的配合，让大批新飞行员顺利拿到航母起降资格。
按计划，「尼米兹」号在明年退役之前还将执行多次航母资格训练航行，继续为海军航空兵培养合格的舰载飞行员。
（来源：美国战争部）
USS Nimitz Completes First East Coast Training Underway: 442 Arrested Landings Qualify New Naval Aviators
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on November 9, completing its first East Coast training underway since shifting coasts. According to the U.S. Department of War, the underway centered on carrier qualifications, giving new and experienced naval aviators their practical examination in taking off from and landing on a carrier at sea.
During the underway, the ship's Carrier Air Traffic Control Center first completed its recertification, after which Nimitz qualified Carrier Air Wing 1 and Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106). The totals came to 103 sorties, 442 arrested landings and 152 touch-and-goes.
For the new aviators it was a career milestone: flying F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, they made the first arrested landings and catapult launches of their lives aboard a carrier. After the jet portion, student aviators moved on to the T-45C Goshawk trainer to continue carrier flight training.
Capt. Joseph Furco, the ship's commanding officer, noted that the crew had completed two overseas deployments across three areas of responsibility in under two years, and quickly shifted into intensive qualification training after returning. Cmdr. Michael Farley, the ship's air boss, credited the teamwork between the air department and the air wing for qualifying a large group of new aviators.
Nimitz is scheduled to conduct additional carrier qualification underways before its decommissioning next year, continuing to train qualified carrier aviators for the Navy.
(Source: U.S. Department of War)
来源：美国战争部
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图片来源：Wikimedia Commons「US Navy 020507-N-8273J-001 USS Nimitz - flight deck wash down」（美国海军官方照片，公共领域），图中为「尼米兹」号飞行甲板资料图 Image: Wikimedia Commons, "US Navy 020507-N-8273J-001 USS Nimitz - flight deck wash down" (U.S. Navy photo, public domain), file photo of the USS Nimitz flight deck
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