Stokes Bay - 22nd March 2015

An afternoon jolly down to the coast for the arrival of USS Franklin Roosevelt. Been a while since we saw a carrier in, so well worth a visit.

First stop was Explosion for a look across at Portsmouth docks. The destroyer USS Winston Churchill was in, but unfortunately its lone Seahawk was hangared.

From here it was on to Stokes Bay to await the "The Big Stick". After finally finding a parking space the wait was on. Fortunately it was only a few minutes before the mighty ship appeared. Rounding the corner from Spithead we could already see a full deck of Hornets.

Below is a list of what we saw only, there were several more aircraft below decks which escaped us this time.

Stokes Bay 22-3-15

CVW-1 - CVN71 USS Franklin D Roosevelt

VFA-11 "Red Rippers"
166624/ AB-102 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-117 United States Navy
166625/ AB-103 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-118 United States Navy
166629/ AB-104 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-122 United States Navy
166610/ AB-105 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-103 United States Navy
166631/ AB-106 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-124 United States Navy
166623/ AB-110 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-116 United States Navy
166626/ AB-111 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-119 United States Navy
166627/ AB-112 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-120 United States Navy

VFA-211 "Checkmates"

166799/ AB-201 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-172 United States Navy

166805/ AB-202 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-178 United States Navy

166807/ AB-203 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-180 United States Navy

166808/ AB-204 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-181 United States Navy

166809/ AB-205 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-182 United States Navy

166812/ AB-206 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-185 United States Navy

166813/ AB-207 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-186 United States Navy

166814/ AB-210 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-187 United States Navy

166815/ AB-211 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-188 United States Navy

166816/ AB-212 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 F Super Hornet F-189 United States Navy

VFA-136 "Knighthawks"

166820/ AB-300 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-139 United States Navy

166821/ AB-301 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-140 United States Navy

166822/ AB-302 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-141 United States Navy

166823/ AB-303 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-142 United States Navy

166824/ AB-304 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-143 United States Navy

166825/ AB-305 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-144 United States Navy

166826/ AB-306 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-145 United States Navy

166827/ AB-307 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-146 United States Navy

166828/ AB-310 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-147 United States Navy

166829/ AB-311 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-148 United States Navy

166818/ AB-312 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-137 United States Navy

166817/ AB-313 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 E Super Hornet E-136 United States Navy

VMFA-251 "Thunderbolts"

164902/ AB-400 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-361 United States Marine Corps

164892/ AB-401 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-353 United States Marine Corps

164958/ AB-402 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-378 United States Marine Corps

164975/ AB-403 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-390 United States Marine Corps

164900/ AB-404 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-360 United States Marine Corps

164980/ AB-405 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-395 United States Marine Corps

164964/ AB-406 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-381 United States Marine Corps

164952/ AB-410 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-375 United States Marine Corps

164909/ AB-411 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-368 United States Marine Corps

164973/ AB-412 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 C Hornet C-388 United States Marine Corps

VAQ-137 "Rooks"

168266/ AB-500 McDonnell-Douglas EA-18 G Growler G-048 United States Navy

168267/ AB-501 McDonnell-Douglas EA-18 G Growler G-049 United States Navy

168269/ AB-502 McDonnell-Douglas EA-18 G Growler G-051 United States Navy

168270/ AB-503 McDonnell-Douglas EA-18 G Growler G-052 United States Navy

168274/ AB-504 McDonnell-Douglas EA-18 G Growler G-056 United States Navy

VAW-125 "Tigertails"

168592/ AB-600 Grumman E-2 D Hawkeye AA- United States Navy

168593/ AB-601 Grumman E-2 D Hawkeye AA- United States Navy

168595/ AB-603 Grumman E-2 D Hawkeye AA- United States Navy

168321/ AB-604 Grumman E-2 D Hawkeye AA- United States Navy

HS-11 "Dragonslayers"

164801/ AB-611 Sikorsky SH-60 F Seahawk 701947 United States Navy(Below deck)

164615/ AB-612 Sikorsky SH-60 F Seahawk 701804 United States Navy

165115/ AB-614 Sikorsky HH-60 H Seahawk 701953 United States Navy

165120/ AB-616 Sikorsky HH-60 H Seahawk 702284 United States Navy

165256/ AB-617 Sikorsky HH-60 H Seahawk 702289 United States Navy