English: View of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) during "Exercise Longstep", in November 1952. "Exercise Longstep" was a ten-day NATO naval exercise held in the Mediterranean Sea during November 1952 under the overall command of Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN, the Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe (CINCAFSOUTH). This exercise involved over 170 warships and 700 aircraft, and it featured a large-scale amphibious assault along the western coast of Turkey. With "Exercise Grand Slam", this exercise served as the prototype for future NATO maritime exercises in the Mediterranean Sea during the Cold War.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, with assigned Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17), was deployed to the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea from 26 August to 19 December 1952. McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee of Fighter Squadron 172 (VF-172) "Blue Bolts" are visible in the foreground.