The US Navy (USN) on 27 October ended a 24-hour safety stand down for non-deployed aircraft after a pair of crashes in the span of one week.

The stand down provided the USN [with] an opportunity for its aviation commands to focus on how to further improve its operational risk management and mitigation across its aviation enterprise, according to a service statement. The stand down followed a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet crash on 20 October near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California in which the pilot ejected safely.

Sailors on 28 October 2020 secure a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). A F/A-18E crash on 20 October was one of two incidents that prompted the USN on 26 October to institute a 24-hour stand down for non-deployed aircraft. (US Navy)

The US Navy (USN) on 27 October ended a 24-hour safety stand down for non-deployed aircraft after a pair of crashes in the span of one week.

The stand down provided the USN [with] an opportunity for its aviation commands to focus on how to further improve its operational risk management and mitigation across its aviation enterprise, according to a service statement. The stand down followed a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet crash on 20 October near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California in which the pilot ejected safely.

Sailors on 28 October 2020 secure a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). A F/A-18E crash on 20 October was one of two incidents that prompted the USN on 26 October to institute a 24-hour stand down for non-deployed aircraft. (US Navy)

The US Navy (USN) on 27 October ended a 24-hour safety stand down for non-deployed aircraft after a pair of crashes in the span of one week.

The stand down provided the USN [with] an opportunity for its aviation commands to focus on how to further improve its operational risk management and mitigation across its aviation enterprise, according to a service statement. The stand down followed a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet crash on 20 October near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California in which the pilot ejected safely.

Sailors on 28 October 2020 secure a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). A F/A-18E crash on 20 October was one of two incidents that prompted the USN on 26 October to institute a 24-hour stand down for non-deployed aircraft. (US Navy)

The US Navy (USN) on 27 October ended a 24-hour safety stand down for non-deployed aircraft after a pair of crashes in the span of one week.

The stand down provided the USN [with] an opportunity for its aviation commands to focus on how to further improve its operational risk management and mitigation across its aviation enterprise, according to a service statement. The stand down followed a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet crash on 20 October near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California in which the pilot ejected safely.

Sailors on 28 October 2020 secure a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). A F/A-18E crash on 20 October was one of two incidents that prompted the USN on 26 October to institute a 24-hour stand down for non-deployed aircraft. (US Navy)

The US Navy (USN) on 27 October ended a 24-hour safety stand down for non-deployed aircraft after a pair of crashes in the span of one week.

The stand down provided the USN [with] an opportunity for its aviation commands to focus on how to further improve its operational risk management and mitigation across its aviation enterprise, according to a service statement. The stand down followed a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet crash on 20 October near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California in which the pilot ejected safely.

Sailors on 28 October 2020 secure a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). A F/A-18E crash on 20 October was one of two incidents that prompted the USN on 26 October to institute a 24-hour stand down for non-deployed aircraft. (US Navy)

The US Navy (USN) on 27 October ended a 24-hour safety stand down for non-deployed aircraft after a pair of crashes in the span of one week.

The stand down provided the USN [with] an opportunity for its aviation commands to focus on how to further improve its operational risk management and mitigation across its aviation enterprise, according to a service statement. The stand down followed a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet crash on 20 October near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California in which the pilot ejected safely.

Sailors on 28 October 2020 secure a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). A F/A-18E crash on 20 October was one of two incidents that prompted the USN on 26 October to institute a 24-hour stand down for non-deployed aircraft. (US Navy)