Vol 3 No 1 January / February 1998
Update: 27th February
Stennis Heads for Gulf
Sails on maiden voyage.
February 26th. The Carrier John C Stennis sailed from Norfolk today
directly for the Gulf. No stops will be made and will relieve George Washington on arrival.
Welcome to the ninth issue of Carrier Aviation News, a regular newsletter
that brings you the news around the Carrier Navy.
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USS John C Stennis (CVN-74) CVW-7 AG Med/Gulf '98 cruise
Western Atlantic, Norfolk Dec20, Carrier quals Western Atlantic,
Halifax Nova Scotia Jun9, West Atlantic Jun16-Jul2, Norfolk Jul3, West Atlantic Aug12-25, Oct21
COMPUTEX, west Atlantic Oct29-Nov19, Norfolk Nov25, JTFEX 98-1 west Atlantic Jan14-26
Schedule: new homeport San Diego Sep'98
USS George Washington (CVN-73) CVW-1 AB
Standown Oct1, in transit West Atlantic Oct3-10, Malta Oct18,
BRIGHT STAR 98 off Cyprus Oct25, Haifa Israel Nov5, Ops Med Nov13, Red Sea Nov19,
Arabian Gulf Dec3-18, Jebel Ali Dec19, Gulf Dec23-Jan14, Jebel Ali Jan21, Gulf Jan26-feb25
Schedule: Homecoming April 3rd
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) CVW-14 NK
local ops East Pac Feb, EastPac Jun23, EastPac Jul23-Oct1, COMPUTEX 98-1, east
Pacific Dec3-19
Puget Sound. Eastpac 5 days Sep8-12, Pacific Oct21, ops East Pac Dec19,
ops EastPac Feb4, EastPac Feb25
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,
ops West Atlantic Nov5-19, COMPUTEX west Atlantic Feb4-20
Schedule Returns Feb20 Norfolk, Med/Gulf '98 May 6th (up fom June 10th)
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, EAGLE ARCHER 97, Arabian Gulf Nov5-19,
Jebel Ali Dec3, NAUTICAL ARTIST Arabian Gulf Dec19, ops Gulf Dec23, Jebel Ali Dec30, Gulf Jan7
Jebel Ali Jan14, Gulf Jan21-feb8, in transit Arabian Sea Feb11, transit Med Feb19,
transit West Atlantic Feb25
Schedule:
Mayport Fla. Feb26, Norfolk Mar1 1998, Mar '98 overhaul/refuel at Newport News(2-3 years).
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
ops West Atlantic Aug14-31 CQ's Sep11-22 West Atlantic, ops West Atlantic Dec19,
ops West Atlantic Feb4, West Atlantic Feb25
Schedule: Med '98 November
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
Planned De-commissioning 2008
Ops EastPac Jan14
Schedule: Leaves Bremerton Jul 15,1998 with CVW-5 during RIMPAC 98 to new homeport Yokosuka Japan.
Yokosuka Japan, Ops WestPac Aug4-Sep2, Otaru Japan Sep8, Ops WestPac Sep22-Oct21
FOAL EAGLE 97, west Pacific Oct29, FOAL EAGLE 97, South China Sea Nov5, ANNUALEX North Pacific
Nov13, South China Sea Jan24, off Malaysia Jan28, Gulf Feb5-25
• Seal of the Association of Naval Aviation 55 Squadron
Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
through her great spaces in the sky,
be with them always in the air
in darkening storm or sunlight fair,
Oh hear us when we lift our prayer
to those in peril in the air.
-The Right Stuff-
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