VQ-1 MAKES VALIANT RETURN.On 31 March, an EP-3E Aries II The Lockheed EP-3E ARIES II is the signals reconnaissance version of the P-3C Orion, operated by the United States Navy. There are 11 EP-3Es in the Navy's inventory, the last of which was delivered in 1997. of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1, NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular Whidbey Island, Wash., was operating in international air space over the South China Sea when it was intercepted by two People's Republic of China fighter aircraft. The EP-3E was flying straight and level on autopilot when the tail of one of the fighters impacted its number-one engine propeller. As the autopilot disengaged, the aircraft made a steep left turn and lost 7,000--8,000 feet of altitude until the pilots regained control. The Aries II--which had sustained damage to two engines and its fuselage and lost its nose cone in the collision--made an emergency landing on Hainan Island, China, after broadcasting numerous maydays. The crew members were not injured; the Chinese pilot was lost at sea. The 24-member American crew was detained until 12 April, when Operation Valiant Return commenced as a Continental Airlines jet retrieved the crew from China and flew them to Guam, where they departed on an Air Force C-17 for two days of debriefing in Hawaii. A Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 61 C-9B Skytrain II carried the EP-3E crew from Hawaii to a hero's welcome at Whidbey on 14 April. At presstime, the plane was still being held in China. The Aries II crew consisted of the following Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force personnel: VQ-1: Lt. Pat Honeck, Lt. Shane Osborn, Ltjg. John Comerford, Ltjg. Regina Kauffman, Ltjg. Ricky Payne, Ltjg. Jeff Vignery, ADCS ADCS Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study ADCS Automated Data Capture System ADCS Attitude Determination and Control System ADCS Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem ADCS Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff ADCS Army Dental Care System Nick Mellos, AT2 Dave Cecka, AT2 Scott Guidry, AT2 Ramon Mercado, AD2 Wendy Westbrook, AE3 Steve Blocher, CTT CTT Correios (Portuguese Postal Service) CTT Certified Technical Trainer CTT Charity Technology Trust CTT Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (collaboration) CTT Common Task Training 2 Jason Hanser, and CTTSN Bradford Borland. Naval Security Group The Naval Security Group (NAVSECGRU) was an organization within the United States Navy, tasked with intelligence gathering and denial of intelligence to adversaries. A large part of this is Signals Intelligence gathering, Cryptology and Information Assurance. Activity, Misawa, Japan: Lt. Marcia Sonon, Ens. Richard Bensing, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. 1 Shawn Coursen, CTI1 Josef Edmunds, CTI2 Brandon Funk, CTI2 Kenneth Richter, CTI3 Rodney Young, CTRSN Jeremy Crandall, and Marine Sgt. Richard Pray. 390th Intelligence Squadron, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan: Air Force SrA Curtis Towne. |
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