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CVN 76 to deploy to WESTPAC soon



 
 
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Old January 17th 07, 01:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default CVN 76 to deploy to WESTPAC soon

According to the following article, USS Ronald Reagan, despite coming
back from her maiden deployment not so long ago, is going to make up
for the temporary inavailability of USS Kitty Hawk (being in
maintenance) in SE Asia:

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/01/ntREAGAN070111/

Any ideas what would be the composition of the air wing?;-) CVW-5 or
CVW-14??? AFAIK VFA-22 is undergoing the transition to F/A-18F...

Best regards,
Jacek

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Old January 25th 07, 07:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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Published news is that Reagan will leave this Sat., w/ CVW-14.

Whether VFA-22 had completed transition to the F from the E isn't known
to this poster.

MW

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Old January 25th 07, 10:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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Seems odd that they would transition to a 2-seater... they have pretty
much been attack-oriented from the beginning, including my time there
in the A-7E.

On Jan 25, 12:05 pm, "Mike Weeks" wrote:
Published news is that Reagan will leave this Sat., w/ CVW-14.

Whether VFA-22 had completed transition to the F from the E isn't known
to this poster.

MW


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Old January 26th 07, 07:53 AM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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On Jan 25, 1:59*pm, "SpartacusSquid" wrote:
Seems odd that they would transition to a 2-seater...


That's the plan. CVW-14 doesn't have a F squadron assigned.

The PAO had contacted The Hook regarding the history of when did the
_last_ seat-seat outfit (i.e. F-8s g) transition to a two-seater.
Was it when VF-191/-194 did (to the F-4), or when VF-24/-211 did (to
the F-14)?

We had a good time with that bit of trivia research.

they have pretty
much been attack-oriented from the beginning, including my time there
in the A-7E.


The days of attack and fighter communities have disappeared completely
w/ the demise of the Tomact. It's now all one big _happy_ community
called "strike".


On Jan 25, 12:05 pm, "Mike Weeks" wrote:



Published news is that Reagan will leave this Sat., w/ CVW-14.


Whether VFA-22 had completed transition to the F from the E isn't known
to this poster.


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Old January 26th 07, 06:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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This article: http://www.fresnobee.com/270/story/25890.html confirms
that VFA-22 is gonna deploy within CVW-14.

I've heard rumours that due to this fact VFA-22 will NOT transfer their
Echos to VFA-31 as planned, but instead VFA-31 is to receive the E's
planned for VFA-136. What is more, reportedly VFA-136 is going to
deploy again this summer (in CVW-8?), still with F/A-18C's!

Looks that Fleet Response Plan and "pool managament" of NAVAIR
squadrons finally start to make life really interesting;-)

Best regards,
Jacek

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Old February 2nd 07, 08:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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Anyhow, there was an ugly accident on the very beginning of the
deployment...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...9-1m30jet.html


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Old February 2nd 07, 03:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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wrote:
Anyhow, there was an ugly accident on the very beginning of the
deployment...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...9-1m30jet.html



Yep! Ramp strikes DO happen. I have a video title "No Easy Days" That
shows quite a few of them.

--
Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics
German, the lovers French and it is all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics
French, the lovers Swiss and it is all organized by Italians.

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart/albums/
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Old February 2nd 07, 08:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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On Feb 1, 11:23 pm, wrote:
Anyhow, there was an ugly accident on the very beginning of the
deployment...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...9-1m30jet.html


33 yrs old..transition from something else?

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Old February 2nd 07, 08:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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On Jan 26, 9:19 am, wrote:
This article:http://www.fresnobee.com/270/story/25890.htmlconfirms
that VFA-22 is gonna deploy within CVW-14.

I've heard rumours that due to this fact VFA-22 will NOT transfer their
Echos to VFA-31 as planned, but instead VFA-31 is to receive the E's
planned for VFA-136. What is more, reportedly VFA-136 is going to
deploy again this summer (in CVW-8?), still with F/A-18C's!


Tee hee....funny, from a gent(me) that seemed to deploy in the oldest
of the fleet, in 2 of 3 sea duty tours(VF-33, VF-151)...F-4s in a
world of Turkeys.

Looks that Fleet Response Plan and "pool managament" of NAVAIR
squadrons finally start to make life really interesting;-)

Best regards,
Jacek



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Old February 2nd 07, 09:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
On Feb 1, 11:23 pm, wrote:
Anyhow, there was an ugly accident on the very beginning of the
deployment...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...9-1m30jet.html


33 yrs old..transition from something else?


With 242 hours in type? Maybe an F-14 guy now an F-18 DH. Then again
it really could be a first-tour JO.

In only about the past five years you see whole lot of flight students
and nuggets who fit a different demographic. It's surprisingly common
to see a guy in his late 20s, married, even with one or two kids, and
some years' prior enlisted service. This is at least on the rotary-wing
side of the house (I can't speak for VFA). Weird to think that the
"light your hair on fire" single guys might go the way of the dinosaur!
 




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