Gallery (FFG 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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AVIATION HSL 32 DET 9 -Wit HiMZS S f 5 , ' tr, ■ nu a LCDR Lee Officer in Charge • ' . ,AUTH9fT!C LAMPS , LT Worth Material Officer LT Michael Operations Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Two, Detachment 9 (HSL-32 Det 9) is based at Naval Air Station Norfolk and is known to the crew as INVADER 141. INVADER 141 is a Light Airborne Multipurpose System (LAMPS) Mk 1 SH-2F helicopter, used to perform missions rang- ing from Anti-Surface Warfare (ASW) and Anti-Submarine Underwater Warfare (ASUW) to cargo and personnel transfers. INVADER 141 consists of two three-man aircrews and eleven maintenance personnel who ensure a combat ready aircraft. Of the 600-plus hours accrued by the Det ' s two aircrews, 300 hours alone were flown supporting 165 United Nations sanctioned boardings against Iraq, while in the Red Sea. The Det showed their ASW ASUW prowness during the numerous NAVOCFORMED and Surface Action Group (SAG) operations working closely with the many ships of foreign Navies. LT Edwards Administration INVADER 141 There has GOT to be something to shoot out there!

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