America's First Flat Top by Stan Stokes. UNT71 a pair of F/A-18C Hornets

a pair of F/A-18C Hornets from VFA-81 Sunliners dive onto a group of F-16s simulating an attack on a formation of low flying A-7 Corsairs far below

The mission to find and sink the massive German warship Bismarck

arduous and nerve-wracking operation

but the newer German Albatros and Halberstadt fighters had regained the upper hand

gets airborne for another majestic display in the hands of the late Mark Hanna

America's First Flat Top by Stan Stokes. UNT71 a pair of F/A-18C HornetsSTK0159. America's First Flat Top by Stan Stokes. Although the US Navy had been an early leader in supporting naval aviation, during WWI the Navy had emphasized float planes, and with the end of the War, America found itself well behind the British who had several aircraft carriers in service. In April of 1919 the Navy decided to convert a new collier, the USS Jupiter, into a flush deck aircraft carrier, the navy's first. Redesignated as the USS