YouTube: VMA-311 flight deck ops on board USS Essex during CG2010 Posted on August 20, 2010 by alert5 AV-8B Harriers from VMA-311 operate out of USS Essex during Exercise Cobra Gold 2010. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Last major exercise for F-111 DARPA’s flying submarine: Fly like an eagle, swim like a stingray Turkey to lease 9 A129s as well Anatolian Falcon 2010/2 starts in Turkey “Op For” of RIMPAC 2010 China holds five-day air defense exercise