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Watch This Awesome ‘Shoot ‘Em if You Got ‘Em’: Adrenaline-Filled Navy Video That’s Going Viral

By Steve Straub On April 22, 2014 · 99 Comments · In US, Video



This is a totally awesome video!!

Via The Blaze:
Adrenaline junkies have spoken: A high-definition video of U.S. Navy fighter pilots zipping over the ocean and kicking into afterburner is a viral winner.
The VFA-27 Royal Maces, based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Japan, recorded the in-cockpit F/A18-E footage over a number of locations in the Pacific theater, including some dramatic footage of the jets banking and turning over the Japanese Alps.
The video, appropriately titled “Shoot ‘Em if You Got ‘Em,” has more than 175,000 hits since it was uploaded over the weekend.
“It’s fun to look back and see all the things you’ve done in the last year and remember the good side of all of it, especially as we’ve traveled around spreading goodwill in the Asia Pacific region,” Lt. David Tarr, the squadron assistant operations officer, told TheBlaze.

Tarr put the high-energy compilation together. He blended footage from recent patrols while the squadron was deployed with the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, trips along the Australian coast and various parts of Japan, with help from other pilots who purchased and mounted the cameras.

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An Inside Look at Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush in 19 Photos

Kelsey Harris / @KelsRenHar / August 16, 2014 / 0 comments


Sailors fire a .50 caliber machine gun aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Arabian Gulf on August 14. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens)

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Kelsey Harris/ @KelsRenHar
Kelsey Harris is the visual editor at The Daily Signal and digital media associate at The Heritage Foundation.


Aircraft from the USS George H.W. Bush have facilitated airstrikes on the Islamic State militants in Iraq since Aug. 8. Their goal is to protect American citizens and personnel in Iraq, and help the Yezidi religious minority hiding with little food and water in the Sinjar Mountains. The ship’s Facebook page released an update and personal thanks for support:

As you have seen on the news, Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW 8) strike fighters have struck ISIL targets near Erbil to help defend the city where U.S. personnel are assisting the Iraqi government. We have also conducted strikes to defend Yazidi civilians being indiscriminately attacked by ISIL near Sinjar, Iraq.
The professional and dedicated team that makes up Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG 2) includes USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), CVW 8, CSG 2 staff, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON 22) staff, USS Philippine Sea, USS Truxtun, USS Roosevelt, USS Arleigh Burke and USS O’Kane and we stand ready to support humanitarian assistance operations that are helping those in need. Your Sailors continue to perform in an exemplary manner and we remain ready to perform any mission when called.
This team is making a difference.
We have worked many months prior to deploying and since departing home to maintain the high level of readiness that allows us to carry out our current tasking. The thorough training we received has fully prepared the team to flex to support the mission assigned as we have demonstrated all deployment.
Thank you for all your support from back home, since it is your dedication to us that keeps us focused and determined to carry out our duty.
We are where it matters, when it matters once again.

For an inside look at the operations and life on the USS George H.W. Bush, check out the photos below.
The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) pulls alongside the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush as an MH-60S Sea Hawk takes off from the flight deck on Aug. 13. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Card)

Rainbow side boys render honors to Vice Adm. John W. Miller, commander U.S. Navy Central Command. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Margaret Keith/U.S. Navy)

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Lawrence Baiden, from Ghana, signals that an E-2C Hawkeye, attached to the “Bear Aces” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124, is ready to launch. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Card/U.S. Navy)

An MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the Tridents of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9, carrying Vice Adm. William Moran, chief of naval personnel, Capt. Michael Bernacchi and Fleet Master Chief April Beldo, takes off from the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush and transits to the guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Card/U.S. Navy)

Sailors run on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Margaret Keith/U.S. Navy)

An F/A-18C hornet takes off for Iraq from the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush on Aug. 14 in the Persian Gulf. (Photo: Mohammed Al-Shaik/Newscom)

Sailors work on the flight deck on Aug. 14. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Margaret Keith/U.S. Navy/Newscom)

Lt. Alyse Dason from Knightdale, N.C., practices yoga breathing for peace. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Margaret Keith/U.S. Navy)

Sailors detach a pallet from a pulley during a replenishment-at-sea. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Margaret Keith/U.S. Navy)

Capt. Andrew Loiselle, left, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, speaks with Brig. Gen. Donald Fryc of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command in the commanding officer’s in-port cabin. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Card/U.S. Navy)

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 prepares to take off from the flight deck on Aug. 14. (Photo: Mazen Mahdi/Newscom)

Aviation Electrician’s Mate Airman Hannah Boac directs an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the “Fighting Black Lions” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Margaret Keith)

Sailors raise the national ensign as the USS George H.W. Bush pulls into Jebel Ali, Dubai, for a scheduled port visit on Aug. 2. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Margaret Keith/U.S. Navy)

A sailor loads a .50-caliber machine gun. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens/U.S. Navy)

In the Arabian Gulf on Aug. 14, Gunner’s Mate Seaman Coren Demastus from Fort Smith, Ark., carries rifles after training aboard the aircraft carrier. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens/U.S. Navy)

A MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the Tridents of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9, prepares to deliver cargo during a vertical replenishment on the flight deck. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Card/U.S. Navy)

Vice Adm. William Moran, chief of naval personnel, left, and Fleet Master Chief April Beldo, host a live question-and-answer broadcast aboard the ship. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Korrin D. Kim/U.S. Navy)

Chief petty officers and chief selectees run in group formation on the flight deck. (Photo: Chief Mass Communication Specialist Christina M. Shaw/U.S. Navy)


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Saudi-born US naval engineer allegedly gave undercover agent info on how to sink carrier

Published December 06, 2014 FoxNews.com



Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 35, of Yorktown, Va., a civilian with the U.S. Navy, leaves the federal courthouse in Norfolk, Va. on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 after he was arrested on charges he tried to steal schematics for the under construction Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier for Egypt. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)

A Naval engineer is facing charges that he gave an FBI undercover agent posing as an Egyptian intelligence officer secret documents about the new Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier while discussing how to sink the vessel with a missile.
Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 35, of Yorktown, Va., was arrested Friday on an FBI affidavit that reads like it came from a Tom Clancy novel.
Federal prosecutors in Virginia say that during his conversations with the undercover, Awwad arranged to use a dead-drop location along a secluded hiking trail to pass secrets about the Ford, which is being built in Virginia for delivery to the Navy in 2016.
The affidavit says that at a hotel meeting on Oct. 9 Awwad gave the undercover drawings of the aircraft carrier that he said were top secret. During the meeting, "Awwad discussed where to strike the vessel with a missile in order to sink it," the affidavit says.
The FBI undercover was posing as an Egyptian spy named "Yousef" and spoke to Awwad in Arabic.
The Virginian Pilot said Saturday that Awwad cried as he was led into the courtroom for a brief hearing before a federal magistrate judge in Norfolk. He wore a pink collared shirts, sweater vest and tan pants, the paper said.
The judge ordered Awwad detained until a hearing Wednesday.
The indictment accuses Awwad of two counts of attempted exportation of defense articles and technical data. Each count is punishable by 20 years in prison.
The affidavit says Awwad was born in Saudia Arabia and married a U.S. citizen in Cairo in 2007. After his marriage he took steps to become an American citizen.
The court papers also say the Navy hired Awwad to work in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s nuclear engineering and planning department in February and that he got a security clearance in August.
The FBI sting began in September when the undercover contacted Awwad. The court papers do not say why Awwad became a target.
During their first meeting in a park in Hampton, Va., Awwad explained to "Yousef" that he intended to use his position to obtain military technology for use by the Egyptian government, including but not limited to, the designs of the USS Gerald Ford nuclear aircraft carrier.
"Awwad agreed to conduct clandestine communications with the undercover FBI agent by email and unattributable telephones and to conduct 'dead drops' in a concealed location in the park," the Justice Department said in a press release, cited by the Navy Times.
At the Oct. 9 meeting Awwad asked for $1,500 to buy a tiny camera to enable him to photograph restricted material around the shipyard, according to the affidavit.
On Oct. 23, Awwad retrieved $3,000 in cash left at the dead-drop location. He left behind a container with an external hard drive and two passport photos. The FBI later collected the containers.
The day after Thanksgiving Awwad was observed in his Navy office holding what appeared to be aircraft design schematics which he placed on the floor and photographed.
The Pilot said the USS Ford is the lead ship in the Navy’s new class of carriers. The Ford stands 25 stories high and is three football fields long.
Retired rear admiral Fred Metz, head of the Navy’s carrier and air station program until 1991, told the paper its bad enough for the schematics of any Navy vessel to be given away.
"But it’s worse to give away the Ford's," he said. "There is a whole lot of new technology on it we haven't seen before."

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