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what looks like a Mig29 with the gear down doing a flyby almost right over a USN aircraft carrier
During naval maneuvers, India's still relatively new MiG-29Ks made low approaches to the USS Nimitz—likely a first for the type. These aircraft cannot takeoff from the Nimitz because they cannot use the Nimitz's catapults. Instead they require a ski-jump and specialized holdback blocks to get airborne. So cross-decking was not an option.