F/A-18 Carrier Flying: VFA-154 Black Knight Cruise 2021 (4K)

Experience F/A-18 Superhornet aircraft carrier aviation aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) out at sea with VFA-154, "The Black Knights", for their 2020-21 deployment. For six months, the crew worked around the clock to defend and protect freedom and navigation of the Western Pacific. The Black Knights serve as one of four F/A-18 squadrons aboard. The video highlights the different aircrew and sailors that make up this team and some of the details that go into flight operations on a Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Video footage taken by LT Taylor “Gary the Snail” Barrett and other members of the Black Knights, with special thanks to Sarah Heinz for providing fly in clips. You are welcome to share this video, just please be sure to give credit. Go Navy! Shot on: Fujifilm X-T4 with Zhiyun Weebill-S gimbal, GoPro and cell phone. 00:00 Intro 00:55 Starting Up 03:07 The Catapult 06:38 Tanking 07:48 Flying! 11:37 Alaska 13:02 Taking Traps 16:16 Meet the Ready Room 18:35 The Night 21:02 A Storm's Coming! 25:57 Homeward Bound Music: Intro: "The Revolution" (Arc North Remix) by Egzod & Neoni Starting Up: "Starve The Ego, Feed The Soul" by The Glitch Mob The Catapult: "Kickstart My Heart" by Mötley Crüe Flying!: "The Feast and The Famine" by Foo Fighters Alaska: "A Moment Apart" by ODESZA Taking Traps: "You & Me (Flume Remix)" by Disclosure Meet the Ready Room: "Levitating (feat. DaBaby") by Dua Lipa The Night: "Pacific Coast Highway" by Kavinsky A Storm's Coming!: "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC Homeward Bound: "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy // "Coming Home" by Leon Bridges Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.