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US Navy fighter pilots are more afraid of landing on an aircraft carrier in the dark than of being shot at in combat

Naval aviators are more stressed by night landings on an aircraft carrier than by combat. Physiological studies show higher heart rates and blood pressure during night carrier landings than during ...
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Watch these F/A-18s land on a carrier at night - "There's no room for error"

Landing on an aircraft carrier is one of the most demanding tasks in aviation - doing it at night is even more extreme. In ...