Former Tomcat pilot clocks 1,000th trap aboard CVN 78

The commodore of Training Air Wing 1, Capt. Tracey Gendreau, clocks his 1,000th trap aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on Feb. 5.

Commodore, Training Air Wing 1 Capt. Tracey Gendreau completes his 1,000th arrested recovery on USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) flight deck Feb. 5, 2021. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anton Wendler)

For Gendreau, this is the third first-in-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier he had trapped on. The other two carriers were USS Enterprise and USS Nimitz.

Gendreau has accumulated more than 4,000 flight hours and flew the F-14 with VF-41.

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