[Oztrich Boy]

The twin-engined Hawkeye is the US Navy's version of an AWACS radar aircraft, and is big and heavy for a carrier plane - weighing as much as 26 tonnes fully loaded.

Except when cross-decking the French Rafale M (54,000lb), the E-2D will be the lighest (fully loaded) aircraft (at 57,000lb) the EMALS will launch

• C-2 Greyhound 60,000lb
• F-18E/F 66,000lb
• F-35C 70,000lb

maybe they are planning of getting some A-4 Skyhawks out of the Boneyard?

[Calvin Locke]

An uncle of mine said one of his first technician jobs (1950s) was working on the tail gun of the US Navy A-3.

It was originally designed as a Naval Strategic Bomber, and became the heaviest regularly operated carrier plane at something like 80,000lbs