Dwight Eisenhower (CVN 69) - Naval Cruise Book

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NAVY, AFIFIIVING - Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable John F. Lehman, Jr., arrives on IKE, via A-6E Intruder. qLeftI French F-8 Crusader lands on IKE. fBeIowJ Pictured below are several of the VlP's that visited IKE during the North Atlantic Cruise. Lower left is Lt. General Nederlof, Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Central Europe 1Dutch Air Forcel. Lower right is Vice Admiral Lyons, Commander Second Fleet and Admiral Guenter Luther, Deputy to Supreme Allied Commander, Europe fGerman Navyl. Below, Colonel Kaiser, Second Allied Tactical Air Force qGerman Air Forcel.

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r' - --'- -. ' -fa-4. -.,q 4 ' 1,.2,.v. f:,,'-,,fX2'..,g ,g V- .g .. V p -Q.- -4.-N., Q.-, ., ,., F ,N , ,V 5 JVM On the 20th of August, 1981, 40 to 60 ships got underway from various east coast ports to participate in the largest exercise involving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization QNATOI in 25 years. The main element of this force consisted of the IKE battle group, which left Chesapeake Bay, Va., early that morning consisting of ten United States and United Kingdom warships. The exercise, broken down into four stages, Ocean Venture Phase Four, Magic Sword North, Magic Sword South and Ocean Safari, proposed to increase the readiness and fighting camaraderie of the combined NATO force. Besides the U.S. and U.K. element, naval and air forces from Canada, West Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, France and Portugal participated in the operation - along with several non-NATO countries. Rear Admiral Jerry O. Tuttle, Commander of Carrier Group Eight, led the operation of the IKE battle group, imaginarily called Task Force 401. Ocean Venture Phase Four began the simulated war between the joint navies. ln it lKE's battle group opposed Canadian and Coast Guard forces positioned in the North Atlantic Ocean. After disposing of that threat, IKE and the conventional aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL conducted a carrier vs carrier war in which both ships exerted all warfare areas, including anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-surface. On completion of that phase, both carriers and their battle groups merged and proceeded north towards the Norwegian Sea. After successfully evading and destroying nine simulated enemy submarines and numerous F-4 Phantom fighters launched from bases in Scotland and Iceland, Magic Sword North Commenced. During this phase, IKE's Carrier Airvving Seven aircraft launched penetrating air strikes into Nonfvay to support allied land forces stationed there. Also in Magic Sword North more than 80 Soviet Bear and Badger reconnaissance aircraft and nine surface combatants were sighted inside IKE's operational area. Seeing Soviet planes and ships was commonplace during the course of the exercise. When Magic Sword North concluded, IKE cruised into the North Sea to continue the multi-national deployment and FORRESTAL departed for Norfolk, where it would return after spending more than six months deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. . Magic Sword South primarily consisted of continued air strikes to land based targets in various surrounding countries. In both Magic Sword phases of the exercise, IKE's pilots were called upon extensively to fly grueling round the clock schedules. Ocean Safari, the last of the four exercise phases, involved more than 19,000 men, 60 ships, and 280 aircraft. Its purpose was twofold. One called for IKE's airwing and escort ships to defend a group of convoy ships running north and south along the coast of Portugal. Those ships were protected against surface, sub-surface and air threats from NATO forces simulated as the enemy. The second purpose called for IKE's aircraft to conduct strike operations in the southwest corner of West Germany. The NATO deployment ended September 18th with a port-of-call to Lisbon, Portugal. Besides the overall excellent outcome of this exercise, IKE proved the awesome potential and power of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the long range of her airplanes, the long range of her defense against aircraft, and the ability to evade and destroy submarines. Through the entire exercise IKE was the target of numerous submarine and aircraft attacks, but managed - with the help of her escort ships - to leave a simulated war virtually unscathed. 4' '1' kgs.. H

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