Navy aircraft begins New Year by sea.When the Maersk Constellation left Yokohama, Japan, on Jan. 27, it carried an unusual piece of MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) cargo. The vessel carried an E-2C E-2C Hawkeye; Navy Airborne Warning and Control System Aircraft U.S. Navy Hawkeye aircraft from Atsugi Naval Air Facility in Japan. Wrapped in heavy white plastic, the aircraft was an unusual sight. The move of the aircraft was an epic. It went by barge from Kisarazu, Japan, to Yokohama's North Pier on New Year's Eve. Members of the 836th Transportation Battalion, of Yokohama, supervised the loading of the aircraft. "It was a challenge," said Dave Jones
The aircraft is bound for San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , where it will be transshipped to nearby Naval Aviation Naval aviation is the application of manned military air power by navies. Maritime aviation is the operation of aircraft in a maritime role under the command of land based forces such as RAF Coastal Command or United States Coast Guard. Depot Rework Facility, North Island, Calif. The aircraft is headed back to the United States for Phased Depot Maintenance induction, said Lt. Daryl Pierce, of the Atsugi facility. The aircraft will be totally overhauled in the four-month maintenance cycle. The Hawkeye uses a series of electronic systems to detect, track and identify threats to U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups. |
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