Carriers make 180° turns very slowly. I once had to go down in our “Whale Boat” to help in a man overboard situation. The carrier took at least 20 minutes to turn around and longer yet to return to the general spot where the Airman got blown off the flight deck.
Thankfully by this time one of our escort Frigates had already rescued him. If it was up to just us, he probably wouldn’t have made it. Though I think we did scramble the copters pretty fast. So who knows.
This is correct.
Most importantly is the Mini AWACS (the E2s) we keep up in the air.
These cover a vast area around the fleet and stay aloft for very long periods.
I was a Snipe. I am way out of my knowledge comfort zone as far as details on the planes but the Hawkeyes were pretty damn cool.