F/A-18 Hornets and EA-6B Prowlers launch from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) in support of strike, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. These missions helped increase U.S. capacity to target ISIL and coordinate the activities of the U.S. military across Iraq.
This raw deck-operations footage captures the controlled chaos of a carrier flight deck in sustained combat operations — catapult launches, arrested landings, and the round-the-clock work of the air wing and deck crew.