RAISON D'ETRE... RIGHT THERE
Latin for "Reason for Existing" is Raison D'etre. Hence the title.
As you can see, here's the VAQ-129 EA-18G training squadron zooming by the OLF Coupeville carrier landing lights. Easily explains why you should support your local US Navy Outlying Field (OLF, NOLF) for safe aircraft carrier landings.
To quote a NAS Whidbey Island fact sheet: “In order to properly prepare crews for the dynamic nature of shipboard flying, it is imperative to replicate carrier landing experience as much as possible. … OLF Coupeville is ideal for this training practice due to its remote location and low ambient lighting. It more closely replicates true landings aboard an aircraft carrier.”
RAISON D'ETRE... RIGHT THERE
Latin for "Reason for Existing" is Raison D'etre. Hence the title.
As you can see, here's the VAQ-129 EA-18G training squadron zooming by the OLF Coupeville carrier landing lights. Easily explains why you should support your local US Navy Outlying Field (OLF, NOLF) for safe aircraft carrier landings.
To quote a NAS Whidbey Island fact sheet: “In order to properly prepare crews for the dynamic nature of shipboard flying, it is imperative to replicate carrier landing experience as much as possible. … OLF Coupeville is ideal for this training practice due to its remote location and low ambient lighting. It more closely replicates true landings aboard an aircraft carrier.”