| PRESS ADVISORY from the United States Department of Defense
No. 073-BS
PRESS ADVISORY April 19, 2001 First successful Launch of USAF F-15 from Navy Subsurface Carrier. during a joint Navy/Air Force demonstration an Air force F-15 was successfully launched form the flight deck of SSN Palsutton. The demonstration took place off the coast of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on April 11,2001.> As demented the process is of a highly evolved environmental/hydrodynamic system in which the aircraft is launched with a regenerated balanced hydrostatic bow wave attached to the leading of all surfaces of the aircraft. Pulled along in the low pressure region attached to the bow wave the aircraft remains encapsulates in what is known as 'Wet-Air'. Wet-Air is a proprietary mixture of gases that allows the jet engines to be operated at up to full take-off thrust with afterburners. |