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Flight Deck - 1980's
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Total Pictures on this page = 144
1981 - A6 Intruder launching off the starboard cat.
1981 - F4 Phantom launching off the starboard cat.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1982 - Nice sequence of approach and trap of an A-4 Skyhawk aboard USS Coral Sea.
[Image Source - Unknown]
[Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap] [Approach & Trap]
1982 - Great photo collection of Flight OPS. F-8 Gator getting hooked up on waist cat. Gator launching off the waist cat. A-6 Intruder launching off the waist cat. VF-154 Phantom Alert 5 duty. VF-21 Phantom about to trap. F-4 tied down. VA-97 A-7E trapping. VA-196 A-6 getting hooked up for launch. VF-154 Phantom about to trap for CV-43's 300,000th Trap. VF-21 Phantom in the hanger bay. VF-154 at burners for a dusk launch. VF-21 Phantom on the flight deck.
[Image Source - Steve Francione]
[Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops]
1982 - A-7E of VA-97 runs the wire out after trapping.
1982 - KA-6D Tanker of VA-196 during cat stroke.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Trap] [Launch]
1982 - E-2 Hawkeye of VAW-113 just after trapping.
1982 - Pack of F-4's parked after recovery.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1982 - VF-21 F-4 Phantom off the waist cat.
1982 - VF-154 F-4 Phantom launching and trapping.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1982 - VFP-63 DET 2 RF-8G launching.
1982 - HC-1 Angel hovering next to the ship.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1982 - S-3 Viking taking off from the ship in the Indian Ocean.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch]
1983 - F4-N Phnatom of VF-21 approach and trap sequence on the Coral Sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Trap] [Trap] [Trap] [Trap]
1983 - Another shot of the flight deck and some frozen crewmen during the NORPAC part of the World Cruise.
1980's - Nice shot of some A-6 Intruders on the USS Coral Sea. Somewhere off a coastline in the MED?
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Snow] [Deck]
1980's - Great shot of the Mail plane "Miss Piggy" coming aboard.
1985 - Nice shot of an F/A-18A Hornet launching off the starboard cat.
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Deck] [Launch]
1980's - Hornets on the Cat.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Deck] [Deck] [Deck]
1986 - VA-55 War Horses KA-6D. VMFA-323 Death rattlers F/A-18A. VAW-127 Seabats E-2C
[Image Source - JC Manevy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1986 - Last deployment of an A-3 Skywarrior on the Coral Maru.

"Dawn Launch" - 'Ranger 17', EA-3B (146455), from VQ-2 on the starboard bow cat of the Coral Sea (CV-43).
Mission: Electronic Warfare, locate and identify hostile Libyan Naval Combatant ships. Use AN/ALR-40 ESM and COMINT systems. Mission was successful with the destruction of a Libyan ship by an A-6 bomber.
Note the action: Cat crew departing from bridle hookup, Troubleshooter checking bleed ports at both engines as they are brought up to full power and the button man in the catwalk at the ready. It looks like a 'thumbs up launch'.
[From Mark Swisher - A-3 Skywarrior Association]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch]
1986 - VMFA-314 Hornets getting ready for launch.
1986 - VFA-132 F/A-18A Hornet launching off the angle deck cat.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1986 - View of Coral Sea flight deck from F/A-18 cockpit.
1986 - Marine F/A-18A Hornet of VMFA-323 trapping.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Landing] [Landing]
1986 -  Marine F/A-18A Hornet of VMFA-314 launching. This picture is used on the splash screen of the game Jane's F/A-18 Simulator.
1986 - F/A-18A Hornet of VFA-132 landing in rough seas.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Landing]
1986 -  F/A-18A Hornet of VMFA-314 trapping.
1986 - F/A-18A Hornet trapping at dusk.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Landing] [Landing]
1986 - Great photo collection of Flight OPS. VFA-132 F/A-18A Hornet. Hornet trapping. S-3 Vikings making a rare visit. Even rarer trap by a Tomcat. Tomcat's ready to launch. Bridge smiling at ya.
[Image Source - Chuck May]
[Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops]
1986 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Several shots of the Air Wing birds for the cruise.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43] [CV-43]
1986 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Photo collection #1 from Pascal.
[Image Source - Pascal]
[1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986]
1986 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Photo collection #2 from Pascal.
[Image Source - Pascal]
[1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986] [1986]
1986 - A-6 Intruders of VA-55.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[1986] [1986] [1986]
1987 -  VFA-137 F/A-18A Hornet launching off the port cat.
1987 - An SH-3H of HS-17 lifts off the forward deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Helo]
1987 -  "Hornets Nest" on the USS Coral Sea.
1987 - F/A-18 Hornet of VFA-137 taxi's forward through the steam.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Hornets] [Hornets]
1987 - A Marine Corps AV-8B taxies into position on USS Coral Sea's flight deck during Fleetex 4-87. Personnel of CV-43 demonstrated their ability to effectively support USMC aircraft involved in the Naval amphibious assult training exercise.
1988 -  F/A-18 Hornet of VFA-137 launching on the port forward cat.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Harrier] [Hornets]
1988 -  An EA-6B of VAQ-13 has a very difficult time trapping aboard the Coral Sea.
1988 - Two F/A-18A Hornets getting ready to launch off the pointy end.
[Image Source - Tony Peters]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Trap] [Launch]
1989 -  "Lost Cat" - F14 Tomcat made a visit during workups in 1989. The Coral Sea could launch and recover F14's. Her limited space on the flight and hanger decks prevented F14 squadrons from ever deploying aboard her.
1989 - HS-17 Helo undergoing maintenance on the angle deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Tomcat] [HS-17]
1989 -  An E-2C of the VAW-127 Seabats launches off the angle deck.
1989 - One of Neptune's Raiders of HS-17.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[E-2] [Helo]
1989 -  Ordanance handlers picking up their missiles for loading out on the flight deck.
1989 - F/A-18 Hornet over the ramp.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Ordys'] [Trap]
1989 -  A-6 Intruders on the forward cats.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Flight Deck']
1989 -  VFA-132 F/A-18 Hornet on port forward cat.
1989 - VMFA-451 Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet tied down on the flight deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Javier Rodríguez - Iberian Spotters ]
[Launch] [Hornet]
1989 -   F/A-18 Hornet VMFA-451 taxiing forward onto the CAT.
1989 - Last port of call in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Barrie MacLeod]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1989 -  Some pics from the last cruise.
[Image Source - Art Gall]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1989 -  Last ever trap aboard the USS Coral Sea made by an A6-E of VA-55.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Trap]


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