Plane Guard

A plane guard is a warship (commonly a destroyer or frigate) or helicopter tasked to recover the aircrew of planes or helicopters which ditch or crash in the water during aircraft carrier flight operations.

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Famous quotes containing the words plane and/or guard:

    “We’ve got to figure these things a little bit different than most people. Y’know, there’s something about going out in a plane that beats any other way.... A guy that washes out at the controls of his own ship, well, he goes down doing the thing that he loved the best. It seems to me that that’s a very special way to die.”
    —Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)

    “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Philippians 4:7.