Vol 2 No 6 November/December 1997
Update: 22nd December
GW Joins Nimitz
2 Carriers stand-by for action
November 1st 1997: USS Nimitz (CVN-65) and it's battlegroup stands by for
action against Iraq as Saddam once again tests the U.N. by blocking the entry of US
arms inspectors.
Welcome to the eigthth 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
COMPUTEX, west Atlantic Oct29-Nov19, Norfolk Nov25
Schedule: Med '98 cruise Feb 1998, 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
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
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
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
Schedule:
Norfolk Mar1 1998, Mar '98 overhaul/refuel at Newport News(2-3 years).
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.
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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