Vol 3 No 3 May / June 1998
Update: 29th June
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Eisenhower and Lincoln Deploy
Eisenhower Sails for Med, Lincoln for WestPac
June 12th: Truman has completed Builders Sea Trials June 12th and is
due for commissioning July 25th.
Welcome to the tenth issue of Carrier Aviation News, a regular newsletter
that brings you the news around the Carrier Navy.
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CVN-77
$125mill wanted for 1999
Only $50mill appropiated for 1998
$18mill appropiated for R&D 1997, a further $300m may be found in the
current budget
Commissioning: 2008
PCU Harry S Truman (CVN-75)
Under Construction (PreCommissioning Unit), Builders Sea Trials June9-12 Commissioning: July 25th 1998
USS John C Stennis (CVN-74) CVW-7 AG Med/Gulf '98 cruise
JTFEX 98-1 west Atlantic Jan14-26
Mar7 Suez Canal, Gulf Mar12-May6, Jebel Ali May13, Southern Watch May20-June24
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,
Norfolk Apr3, West Atlantic May6
Schedule:
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) CVW-14 NK
Deployment June11, Eastpac June11-24 Milestones: 72000th Trap June 19 1998
Decommissioning Sept. 30, 1998
South China Sea Jan24, off Malaysia Jan28, Gulf Feb5-Apr1, Bahrain Apr8, Jebel Ali Apr22,
Jebel Ali May6, Southern Watch May13, in transit Arabian Gulf May20, Strait of Hormuz May 23
Yokosuka June6
• 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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