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Alert 5 mean an aircraft must be be airborne within 5 minutes. We do that by having the pilot in the aircraft and with engines running. An Alert 5 jet can be with enginea running on the side, readied to be taxied to the catapult, or actually on the cat itself.ever heard about Alert 5 or Alert 15???that means an aircraft can be launched within 5 minutes and 15 minutes accordingly.
An Alert 15 mean an aircraft must be airborne within 15 minutes. We do that by having the pilot in gear, meaning his g-suit, helmet, charts, and whatever else are within his reach, if not actually on him, but generally, at least he would be loosely wearing his g-suit, ready to tighten up and climb into the cockpit.
The US Navy have launch and recovery down to a science. No one does it better than US.