CVN 78 has obtained its Flight Deck Certification

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has obtained its Flight Deck Certification (FDC) and Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC) Certification last week.

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This will allow the carrier to provide carrier qualifications to pilots who require them. In fact, the ship will be the only carrier regularly available for this role on the east coast this year.

To achieve the qualification, Super Hornets assigned to CVW 8 conducted 123 day, and 42 night cats and traps aboard Ford. The minimum requiremet to get qualified is for two consecutive days of flight operations with 50 day traps on day one, followed by 70 day traps and 40 night traps on day two.

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