#cvn-68

[coldwarairforce]

A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat from fighter squadron VF-84 Jolly Rogers just after landing on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on 1 August 1981. (📷Kempf)

[airspeeddesign]

E-2 Hawkeye aboard USS Nimitz during her last deployment. 

[fireinhorizon]

The crowded flight deck of USS Nimitz in 1981 http://bit.ly/2tJB4zP

[coldwarairforce]

[coldwarairforce]

F-14A (VF-84 and VF-41) from USS Nimitz in the Mediterranean Sea, 1983.

[anarchomikeism]

These guys were my first alarm clock.

[freetheshit-outofyou]

USS Nimitz returns home after final deployment, reuniting thousands of Navy families

The USS Nimitz made a historic homecoming after 270 days at sea and the aircraft carrier’s final deployment before decommissioning.

My FIL was on the USS Nimitz on 26 May 1981 when the crash and fire happened. He talked to me about it just once, with tears in his eyes. 14 Sailors were killed another 39 wounded that day.

[xxkingposeidonxx]

Some photos from my first underway