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Rear Admiral William E. Ramsey, U.S Navy Commanding Officer Rear Admiral William E. Ramsey, a native of San Diego, Ca., received his commission from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1953. He served in USS GLYNN CAPA 2393 as an Ensign, then attended flight training, becoming a designated Naval Aviator in March 1955. He served in Fighter Squadron 84 until 1959 and then as an instructor in Attack Squadron 43 until 1960. He was selected for the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Md., in the summer of 1960, before being assigned to the Flight Test Division at the Naval Air Test Center as a Carrier Suitability Project Pilot. During this period, he became the first pilot to make a nose-tow catapult launch from a carrier. He was also the first pilot to conduct a single- engine landing aboard ship in both the F-4 Phantom and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, to take off and recover aboard ship in the E-2C, and to perform minimum end-speed catapult launches in both aircraft. In 1962, he was one of five test pilots in the country nominated for the Ivan C. Kincheloe Award as the outstanding test pilot of the year by the Society of En- gineering Test Pilots. In 1962, he was selected by NASA as one of the final 34 pilots interviewed in Houston for the GEMINI Program, and in 1963, he again went to Houston as one of the final group selected for the APOLLO Program. In late 1963, he was assigned as Flag Secretary to COMCARDIV SIX. Following that tour, he attended the Royal Air Force Staff College in Brack- nell, U.K., in 1965. He served as Operations Officer for Carrier Air Wing SIX in 1966 and 1967. Following a tour as Executive Officer in VA-65, he took command of the squadron in 1968. One year later, he underwent training in the Nuclear Power Program and was assigned to USS INDE- PENDENCE QCV 623 as Operations Officer, fleeting up to Executive Officer in December 1970. After a tour in the Office of Program Appraisal in the SECNAV Secretariat, he received orders to command USS PENSACOLA CLSD 383. RAdm Ramsey reported to the DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Precommis- sioning Unit as Prospective Commanding Officer in October 1975 from the faculty of the Naval War College. He guided the ship through the various construction phases, early at sea periods, her October 1977 com- missioning and her maiden transit to the Mediterranean as a forward deployed entity. After his selection to Flag rank in February 1979, RAdm Ramsey assumed duties as Commander Carrier Group ONE. 5 ill
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