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Vol 2 No 5 September/October 1997
Update: 29th October
JFK Returns Home
Returned Mayport Fla. October 28th
October 4th 1997: USS Nimitz (CVN-65) heading for a port visit to
Singapore was this morning diverted to the Gulf as Iranian F-4s attacked targets
in Southern Iraq.
Welcome to the seventh issue of Carrier Aviation News, a regular newsletter
that brings you the news around the Carrier Navy.
Want to contribute? then mail me David McCandless and maybe I can
publish it here. Thanks to all those who have sent me mail and
sugestions.
Western Atlantic, Norfolk Dec20, Carrier quals Western Atlantic,
Halifax Nova Scotia Jun9, West Atlantic Jun16-Jul2, Norfolk Jul3, West Atlantic Aug12-25, Oct21
Schedule: Med '98 cruise Feb 1998, new homeport San Diego Sep'98
USS George Washington (CVN-73) CVW-1 AB
Local Ops West Atlantic Mar, COMPTUEX May27-jun11, Port Everglades Fla. Jun16-18,
COMPTUEX West Atlan Jun23, Norfolk Jul3, JTFEX 3-97 West Atlantic Aug18-Sep6, Standown Oct1,
in transit West Atlantic Oct3-10, Malta Oct 18
Schedule: Med cruise Oct 3 97
Puget Sound. Eastpac 5 days Sep8-12, Pacific Oct21 Schedule: Nov '98 WestPac 98/99
USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) CVW-17 AA
Local Ops West Atlantic Mar, CQ's West Atlan May21, Ops West Atlantic Jun16-20,
Halifax Nova Scotia Jun23, Norfolk Jul3, West Atlantic Jul14-Aug19, Mayport Fla. Aug25
Eastern Pacific Sep1-2, Sandiego Sep4-5, Fleet Battle Experiment-Bravo (FBE-B)
Sep4-7 Hawaii, ASWEX 97-5 East Pac Sep10, transit East Pac Sep17, WestPac Sep22, Hong Kong Oct 1,
in transit South China Sea to Gulf Oct4, Gulf Oct10
Schedule:
Norfolk Mar1 1998, Mar '98 overhaul/refuel at Newport News(2-3 years).
USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) CVW-8 AJ Med '97
In Transit Atlantic Apr29, Marseilles May21, ILLES D'OR Med May27,
Palma de Majorca Spain Jun2, Ops Med Jun9, Benidorm Spain Jun11, Ops West Med Jun16-23,
Koper, Slovenia Jun30, Ops West Med Jul2, Cannes France Jul3, Med Jul14, INVITEX Med Jul16,
en route Corfu, Greece Jul17, Corfu Jul25, Rhodes Greece Jul27-Aug4, Haifa Aug12, Ops Red Sea
Aug 19, Arabian Sea Aug25-Sep2, Bahrain Sep8-10, BEACON FLASH 97 Indian Ocean Sep17,
Red Sea Sep22, ops Med Oct1, Tarragona Spain Oct9, transit Atlantic Oct17-28
Schedule: Homecoming Airwing Oct27, fleet Oct28
USS Constellation (CV-64) CVW-2 NE WestPac '97
San Francisco: Fleet Week, Computex 96-5A Eastern Pacific,
FLEETEX 97-1 Eastern Pacific, Pacific, Sydney, Perth May3, Indian Ocean May9,
Arabian Sea May20, INITIAL LINK Arabian Gulf May29, Southern Watch Arabian Gulf Jun2-22,
Jebel Ali Jun23, Southern Watch Arabian Gulf Jun30-Jul20, Jebel Ali Jul23,Southern
Watch Arabian Gulf Jul27, Jebel Ali Aug4, INSPIRED SIREN/ALERT 97 gulf Aug12,
Indian Ocean Aug17-27, WestPac Aug29, Hong Kong Sep2, Fleet Battle Experiment-Bravo (FBE-B) Sep4-7 Hawaii,
transit WestPac Sep8-17, transit EastPac Sep22-Oct1
Schedule SILENT FURY Sep2-23 Homecoming San Diego Oct1
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
CVW-11 NH
Planned De-commissioning 2008
San Diego. Schedule: Bremerton Jul(overhaul),
Leaves Bremerton Jul 15,1998 with CVW-5 during RIMPAC 98 to new homeport Yokosuka Japan.
12th Annual USS Boxer (CV-21) Veterans Association, October 8-12, 1997,
Corpus Christi, Texas Contact Ed Smith, 409 345-3340
(fax) 409 345-6883 edna@tgn.net.
We were an active ship from 1945
until decommissioned in 1969 and scraped. We will be conducting a very
moving and patriotic memorial service aboard the USS Lexington. This
will be in tribute to all branches of the military, POWs and MIA.
Everyone welcome. We usually have about 500 at our meetings.
Visit The Tailhook Association
become a member and receive The Hook, the journal of Carrier Aviation.
