Carrier readiness?

Dave- I don't recall ever pulling into our home port with embarked a/c,
and there were a couple of times when we went almost 24 hrs unadorned
with flying machines of any type when we were close to home. What say,
Pechs? We were there at the same time - CV-41. BRBR

Yep, both on Midway-maru and the FID and Indy. Sometimes when we were pulling
out quickly, Midway would keep the airwing aboard, but most of the time, off to
Atsugi-nay.

Always during workups on eastcoast CVs, the boat never had the airwing onboard
and I have gotten traps on Ike, when it was new, during their initial sea
trials. No airwing on board. I trapped and there were two Pax River jets doing
SPN-41/2 certs a helo or two, nothing else. W/o an airwing, the IKE was
BIG...particularly after being on the 'small' boats(FID, Indy, Midway).
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer