Records and anniversaries. (People Planes Places).JO3 Dan Ball On 31 July, Cdr. Tom Meadows, CO of VFA-83, completed his 1,000th trap, on board George Washington (CVN (Card Verification Number) See CSC. 73). Capt. Bob Buehn, CO of NS Guantanamo Bay Noun 1. Guantanamo Bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903 bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf , Cuba, and Cdr. Chris Lindberg Chris Lindberg (born April 16, 1967 in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada ) is a retired ice hockey player. Lindberg was a member of the Canadian 1992 Winter Olympics ice hockey team, winning a silver medal. both surpassed 5,000 career flight hours while at the controls of the station's UC-12B Huron. Pilots and aircrews of HX-21 and VX-1 reached 500 flight hours in the MH-60R multimission helicopter prototype. VAQ-139 XO Cdr. Scott Pollpeter achieved 3,000 flight hours in the EA-6B Prowler on 22 April, on board Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). VAQ-136 CO Cdr. Steven Baxter logged his 3,000th flight hour in the EA-6B Prowler on 22 March, aboard Kitty Hawk Kitty Hawk or Kittyhawk, part of an offshore sandbar on Cape Hatteras, NE N.C., E of Albemarle Sound. Nearby is Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers experimented successfully (1900–1903) with gliders and airplanes. (CV 63). F/A-18C Hornet squadron VMFA-314 surpassed 1,150 flight hours in one month, January, aboard John C. Stennis (CVN 74). VMFA VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts VMFA Marine Fighter/Attack Squadron (AW)-332 surpassed 90,000 Class A mishap-free hours while supporting operations in Thailand during Cobra Gold 2002. VAW-112 surpassed 61,000 Class A mishap-free flight hours. VPU-1 completed 39,400 Class A mishap-free flight hours. |
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