Future CO of CVN 74 has landed on 6 classes of aircraft carriers

Capt. Cassidy “Dudley” Norman, the next Commanding Officer of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), recently trapped and catapult from USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during his carrier qualification (CQ). The Ford was the sixth class of aircraft carrier that Norman had flown from.

191111-N-AS200-1214 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 11, 2019) Capt. Cassidy Norman, commanding officer of the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), delivers a Veterans Day message to Sailors, Marines and civil service mariners aboard Mount Whitney, while transiting the Mediterranean Sea Nov. 11, 2019. Mount Whitney is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, homeported in Gaeta, Italy and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Drew Verbis/Released)

Throughout his naval aviator career, Norman had completed carrier qualifications on Forestall class, USS Independence (CV 62); Kitty Hawk class, USS Kitty hawk (CV 63); Kennedy class, USS Kennedy (CV 67); Enterprise class, USS Enterprise (CVN 65) as well.

“Flying out and landing on the Ford was also exciting because this new class of carrier is a leap forward in many capabilities like the next-generation launching and arresting gear systems, which were immediately apparent on the flight deck,” said Norman. “I thoroughly enjoyed landing on and catapulting from the most advanced version of the 11 most survivable airfields in the world.”

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