Donald J. Trump

The true strength of the carrier strike group comes from the dedicated men and women who work tirelessly to maintain these impressive machines every day.

Our next demonstration will be an F-18 organic refueling capabilities.

Here you will now see an aircraft coming into the pattern who is operating on a low fuel state and will be forced to discontinue his approach.

I want to thank the Navy for providing us this feed.

I think we're the only channel that has it.

I really want to thank people for doing this.

We've got posts about their extraordinary naval exercise right now.

The pilot is now executing a wave-off from the carrier indicating a foul deck.

A foul deck means that there is an obstruction in the landing area, and for the safety of those on the deck and the aircraft coming in to land, the approach has been aborted.

The airborne refueling aircraft has been said to hawk our low-fuel aircraft in the pattern during their attempt to land.

Since they were unable to come aboard, they are on low fuel, and it is up to the tanker aircraft to expeditionally join and refuel the aircraft to give it another chance to land.

If you follow the path of the low-fuel aircraft on the port side of the ship, you will see the tanker setting up in position to set up for air-to-air refueling.

Now it is up to the pilot with the low-fuel aircraft to steel his nerves and execute a precise and controlled connection, inserting the refueling probe into the drogue basket of the tanker aircraft and flying a perfect formation to hold in basket and to receive enough fuel for another chance to land.

Organic tanking has made it possible by the F-18 and has made Navy's operations in hostile theaters without divert airfields possible for the last two decades.

This ensuring safe aircraft recovery and extends the operational range of the F-18 for long range strikes.

Captain Morgan, Paul Morgan, what is this ability to, right there, another great shot.

What is the power of that in-flight refueling capability?

You had to wave off because you had low fuel.

Tell the audience, why is that so important?

Well, Blue Otter Ops means there's no gas stations, right?