Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commanding OffiCC1' Capt P R WOOCI Captain Phillip R Wood is a native of Topeka Kansas In 1950 Captain Wood enlisted in the United States Navy and served three combat cruises in Korea aboard the destroyer USS O BANNON QDDE 4503 Following graduation from the University of Tulsa Captain Wood entered the Naval Flight Training Pro gram After being designated a Naval Aviator in 1959 he served in both fighter and attack squadrons having completed five deployments to the Western Pacific In 1969 he reported to the F 8 Replace ment Squadron VF 124 and served as Of ficer in charge of the Fighter Weapons School and was assigned to the initial F 14 cadre at NAS Miramar as model man ager Upon completion of this tour Cap tain Wood reported to the Naval Post graduate School in September 1970 as a student earning a Master of Science de gree Following graduation in 1972 he re turned to sea duty as Carrier Air Wing TWO operations officer and completed his third Vietnam combat cruise aboard USS Ranger Following a tour as VF training officer at Headquarters Commander Naval Air Force Pacific Captain Wood commenced F 14 flight training in VF 124 In De cember 1975 he reported to VF 211 as Executive Officer and served as Com manding Officer from April 1976 to April 1977 Captain Wood assumed com mand of Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN in December 1977 and made deployments to the Western Pacific aboard USS KIT- TY HAWK and to the Mediterranean aboard USS AMERICA. Captain Wood reported to OPNAV in May 1979 and was assigned to OP-sos as Assistant Head, Aircraft and Weapons Require- ments Branch. Following the Washing- ton tour in October 1980, he attended the Senior Officers Ship Material Readiness Course at Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho Falls, Idaho. In July 1981, Captain Wood assumed command of USS WABASH

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