Player Embed Code: <iframe width='500' height='300' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 500px; height: 300px;' allowtransparency='true' src='https://www.dvidshub.net/video/embed/642727'></iframe> Download Embed Share Choreography of a Launch Defense.gov Nov. 23, 2018 | 1:00 Flight deck operations on an aircraft carrier have often been compared to a ballet. Watch the choreography needed to launch and recover aircraft and supplies aboard the USS Harry S. Truman. The Truman can carry about 90 aircraft and has a 4.5-acre flight deck. Four elevators move aircraft between the flight deck and the hangar bay.