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Vol 12 No 4 September/October 2007
http://carrier-aviation-news.com
Hawkeye Search Called Off
Update:  Tuesday, 07 October 2008

  US Forces Losses War on Terror

Total: 3,840 Killed
Wounded: 27,004

September 2007: 56
August 2007: 77
July2007: 73
June2007: 123
May2007: 124
April 2007: 108
March 2007: 75
February 2007: 93
January 2007: 93

On the Ramp:
Fallon NAS 1
North Island NAS 1
 

 

Glossary

COMPTUEX: Composite Training Unit Exercise
CQs: Carrier Qualifications ( for new aviators)
DPIA: Docked Planned Incremental Availability
FEP Final Evaluation Problem
FRS Fleet Readiness Squadron
FRTP: Fleet Response Training Plan
JTFEX: Joint Task Force Exercise
RCOH: Reactor Refuel and Complex Overhaul
SCOOP: Shipboard Coordinated Offload and Outfitting Plan (prior to RCOH)
TPCD: Topside Production Completion Datenon-Engineering production work is complete
TSTA: Tailored Ships Training Assessment a training regimen designed to prepare a ship for prompt and sustained combat operations at sea
 
Monthly Losses War on Terror
December 2006: 105
November 2006: 77
October 2006: 110
September 2006: 81
August 2006: 70
July 2006:  51
June 2006: 77
May 2006: 84
April 2006: 71
March 2006: 45
February 2006: 62
January 2006: 66
December 2005: 72
November 2005: 96
October 2005: 87
September2005: 48
August 2005: 84
July 2005: 54
June 2005 78
May 2005: 80
April 2005 51
March 2005 36
February 2005 58
January 2005 101
December 2004 79
November 2004 140
October 2004 62
September 2004 79
August 2004 67
July 2004 60
June 2004 52
May 2004 80
April 2004 129
March 2004 42
February 2004 31
January 2004 43
 December 2003 49
November 2003 84
October 2003 47
September 2003 33
August 2003 37
July 2003 42
June 2003 26
May 2003 31
April 2003 92
March 2003 59
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Reagan:  
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Stennis:  
Washington:  Atlantic
Lincoln:   Pacific
Roosevelt:  
Vinson:  
Eisenhower:  Atlantic
Nimitz:  Pacific
Enterprise:  Gulf
Kitty Hawk:  Yokosuka
Invincible : 
Illustrious : 
Ark Royal : 

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US Naval Base Pictures
Guam Naval Base
NAS Fallon
NAS North Island
Puget Sound
Washington Navy Yard

Foreign Naval Base Pictures
Brest France
Portsmouth England
US Navy Podcasts
Association of Aviation Ordnancemen
AO Shack
Bluejacket.com :Lots of good Navy stuff

USS Intrepid
  
USS Saratoga (CV-3/60)
  
USS Hornet (CV-12)
  
USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
  
USS Midway (CV-41) Museum
  
USS Wasp (CV-18)
  
 
USS Constellation (CV-64) Decommissioned 7 August 2003
USS Independence (CV-62) 30 September 1998- San Diego
USS America (CV-66)
9 Aug 1996 Reserve - Norfolk
USS Ranger (CV-61)
10 Jul 1995 Reserve - Bremerton
USS Saratoga (CV-60)
30 Sep 1994 Stricken - Philadelphia
USS Forrestal (AVT-59)
10 Sep 1993 Stricken - Philadelphia



August 21st 2007: Search Called Off NORFOLK (NNS) -- The search for three naval aviators missing since their E-2C Hawkeye crashed following take off from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) has been terminated and their status has now been listed as deceased.

They are identified as Lt. Cameron N. Hall, 30, of Natchitoches, La.; Lt. Ryan K. Betton, 31, of Collinsville, Va.; and Lt.j.g. Jerry R. Smith, 25, of Greenville, Maine.

All were assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 120.

Hall was a naval flight officer and an instructor. He had been in the squadron since April 2006. Betton, a pilot, was also an instructor also assigned to the squadron since February 2005. Smith, a pilot, had been a student since June 2006.

Betton was married with a two-year-old son. Both Hall and and Smith were single.

 

For more news go to NewsBytes 2007


Welcome to Carrier Aviation News, a regular newsletter that brings you the news around the Carrier Navy now in its 11th year. Want to contribute? then mail me David 'chuckles' McCandless (take out _at_) and maybe I can publish it here. Thanks to all those who have sent me mail and suggestions.

U.S. Carrier Locations

CVNX-80 to 89
 10 more ships in this class planned

CVNX-79
 Planned start 2009

CVNX-78
Planned start in 2006
$110mill R&D for 1999

PCU-77: George HW Bush
Under Construction
Google Map
Capt. Kevin O’Flaherty
Keel Laid 6 September 2003
Named December 9 2002, Christened October 7 2006
Commissioning: 2009

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
Google Map
Capt. James A. Symonds
Carrier Strike Group (CCSG) 7
CVW-14
Homeport: NAS North Island
Commissioned: 2002
2007: Homecoming April20

USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75)
History   Google Map
Capt. Leo Falardeau
CVW-3 AC
Homeport: N.S. Norfolk
2007: Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 07-2 August 3

USS John C Stennis (CVN-74)
History  GoogleMap
 Capt. David H. Buss
CVW-9 NG / CCG 7
Homeport: N.S Bremerton Wash.
2007: Deployment January 16, Pacific August 3, Exercise Valiant Shield 2007 August 7-15, Pearl August 20
Milestones: 7,900 sorties/22,000 flight hours and dropping nearly 90,000 pounds of ordnance.
Schedule: Homecoming August 27

USS George Washington (CVN-73)
CAPT Garry R. White
CVW-17 AA
Homeport: N.S. Norfolk
2007: Norfolk, CarQuals Sept 21, Atlantic Sept 28
Schedule:  relieve USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Yokosuka

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Capt. Kendall L. Card
CVW-2
2007: TSTA/FEP July 7 - August 20, Pacific Sept 28
Schedule:

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
CVW-8
Homeport: N.S. Norfolk  
2007:
Schedule: RCOH November 2009 - November 2012

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
History
Capt. Rick Wren
Homeport: N.S. Everett
2007:  RCOH November 2005
Schedule:  Delivery to US Navy March 09

USS Eisenhower (CVN-69)
Capt. Charles E Smith
CVW-7 AG / CCDG 8
Carrier Strike Group 8, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 28
Homeport: N.S. Norfolk

2007:  Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 07-2 August 3, Atlantic Sept 28
Schedule:

USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
Capt. Ted N. Branch
  CVW-11, Carrier Strike Group 11, DESRON 23
Homeport: NS San Diego
2007: Deployment April 2, Pacific August 3, Exercise Valiant Shield 2007 August 7-15, Hong Kong August 20, Pacific Sept 28
Schedule: 
Milestones: 2,600 sorties and 7,332 hours in 5th Fleet AOR

USS John F Kennedy (CV-67)
GoogleMap
Decommissioned March 23 2007

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
Capt. Lawrence Rice
CVW-8 AJ
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Homeport: N.S. Norfolk
2007: Red Sea August 5
Schedule:  

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
GoogleMap
 Capt. Ed McNamee
Carrier Strike Group 5
 CVW-5 NF
 Planned De-commissioning 2008
Homeport: N.S. Yokosuka Japan
2007: Exercise Valiant Shield 2007 August 7-15, Yokosuka Sept 21st.

Russia

Admiral Kuznetsov
  
China
 Varyag

Spain
Principe De Asturias
GoogleMap
  
Britain

HMS Invincible (R 07)
  2005: Portsmouth


HMS Illustrious (R 06)
 2007:  Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 07-2 August 3


HMS Ark Royal (R08)
Commander TJ Chidley
Extended Readiness thru 2006
 2005:  Portsmouth

Queen Elizabeth (CVF 1)
100 million pounds awarded November 1999

Prince of Wales (CVF 2)

France
Charles de Gaulle (R 91)
  
Commissioned July 1999, Toulon October 4
Foch (R 99)
   Toulon Apr 97, Antalya Turkey October12 1998, Adriatic June 1999
Clemenceau (R 98)
Decommissioned
Jeanne D'Arc (R 97)
   Brest,Training for Officers
     


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