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FY98-99 Budget Highlights
Feb 10th 1997:
The following are the highlights for FY98 and FY99 Budget:
$18mill for CVN-77
New Attack Submarine (NSSN) 4 boat program
SSN-23 (Seawolf) completion
concept demonstration of the Arsenal Ship
funding for Future Surface Combatant (SC-21)
3 LMSR sealift ships
51 aircraft in FY98 and 71 in FY99
Special Operations version of V-22
Joint Primary Aircraft Training Program (JPATS)
Joint Strikefighter Program (JSF)
AMRAAM missiles
Joint Standoff Weapons System (JSOW)
Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
reduction of 11,000 personell (mostly enlisted)
Deployable Battle Force ships: 354 in FY97, 346 in FY98 and 335 in FY99
decomissioning of 18 ships in FY98 and 17 in FY99
available aircraft: 2,556 in FY99
Personell: 402,013 in FY97, 390,802 in FY98 and 384,888 in FY99
Source: US Navy
Blue Angels 1997 Schedule
Jan 23rd 1997:
In 1997, the team is scheduled to perform at:
March 15: NAF El Centro, Calif.
March 22-23: Mesa, Ariz.
April 5-6: MacDill AFB, Fla.
April 12-13: MACS Cherry Point, N.C.
April 19-20: NAS Fallon, Nev.
April 25-27: MCAS El Toro, Calif.
May 3-4: NAS Key West, Fla.
May 10-11: Brunswick, Ga.
May 17-18: Montreal
May 21-23: Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
May 24: NAS Patuxent River, Md.
May 31-June 1: Willow Run, Mich.
June 7-8: NAS Lemoore, Calif.
June 14-15: Hillsboro, Ore.
June 21-22: NAS/JRB Willow Grove, Pa.
June 28-29: North Kingstown, R.I.
July 5-6: Fargo, N.D.
July 12: Pensacola Beach, Fla.
July 19-20: NAS Brunswick, Maine.
July 26-27: Kansas City, Mo.
Aug. 2-3: Salinas, Calif.
Aug. 9-10: Seattle, Wash.
Aug. 15-17: NAS Miramar, Calif.
Aug. 23-24: NAS Corpus Christi, Texas.
Sept. 6-7: Grand Junction, Colo.
Sept. 13-14: Fort Smith, Ark.
Sept. 20-21: NAS Oceana, Calif.
Sept. 27-28: Smyra, Tenn.
Oct. 4-5: El Paso, Texas
Oct. 11-12: San Francisco
Oct. 18-19: Liberal, Kan.
Oct. 25-26: Tulsa, Okla.
Nov. 1-2: NAS Cecil Field, Fla.
Nov. 8-9: NAS Pensacola, Fla.
-US Navy-
F/A-18E/F First Carrier Landing
Jan 18th 1997: ABOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS (NWSA)
-- The Navy's newest
multi-mission strike fighter, the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet,
made its first aircraft carrier landing Jan. 18 aboard USS
John C. Stennis (CVN 74) underway 140 miles off the coast of
Cherry Point, N.C. These sea trials will continue for two weeks.
-US Navy-
President Supports New Carrier
Jan 16th 1997: President Clinton supports the building of a new carrier
beyond CVN-76 Ronald Reagan currently being constructed. R&D funding is likely
to be provided the next fiscal year leading up to $1 bill in
2000.
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Military Losses
Dec 19th 1996: The number of aircraft lost to accidents was an
all-time low of 67, down from 69 the previous year. The
aircraft major-accident rate dropped slightly from 1.53
to 1.50 accidents per 100,000 flying hours. This
continues a steady six-year declining aviation accident
trend. Since this statistic is a rate, it takes into
account variations in flying hours and reductions in
personnel.
On-duty fatalities of military members, DOD Civil
Service employees, and bystanders dropped from 206 to
171. Most of the deaths were the result of aviation
accidents, where fatalities increased from 85 to 108, 34
of which occurred in the crash of the military plane
carrying former Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and his
traveling party.
Off-duty accidental military deaths dropped from 376
to 293, an all-time low. The largest improvement was in
the reduction of private motor vehicle fatalities.
-US Navy-
Ships Returning from Mid-East
Dec 19th 1996: Ships returning Dec. 20 include: USS Enterprise (CVN
65), USS Supply (AOE 6), USS Briscoe (DD 977), USS
Klakring (FFG 42), USS R.G. Bradley (FFG 49), USS
Mitscher (DDG 57) and USS Norfolk (SSN 714).
Ships returning Dec. 21 include: USS Gunston Hall
(LSD 44), USS Saipan (LHA 2) and USS Austin (LPD 4).
-US NAVY-
VF-103 Fitted with LANTIRN
Dec 19th 1996: The operational debut of new high-tech
hardware; the F-14s of Fighter Squadron 103, based at NAS
Oceana, were outfitted with the Low Altitude Navigation
and Targeting Infrared System for Night (LANTIRN) pods.
This system allows Tomcats to deliver laser-guided
weapons, to designate targets for other aircraft and
gives the F-14 a precision-strike capability.
-US NAVY-
Enterprise Turns Over Watch
Dec 9th 1996: USS Enterprise turned over the Med watch to USS Roosevelt
today off the coast of Spain. Enterprise then started the 4,067 mile
journey home which will see the A-6 Intruder on it's last cruise before
retirement from active service.
Fallout of Roosevelt Collision
Nov 26th 1996: Capt Ronald Christenson, former commander of the
USS Roosevelt and Capt Coleman Landers former commander of the cruiser
USS Leyte Gulf received punative letters of reprimand over the collision
of both ships on October 14th. That will virtually end their sea-going
careers, several other officers were also punished to varying levels.
The collision caused a total of around $11mill damage to both ships.
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