Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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- 1 Division The Crash and Salvage Team hopes that it will be an uneventful day for them on the flight deck. V-1 Takes Charge Of The Flight Deck V-1 is the largest division in Air Department and one of the largest on Nassau with nearly 50 officers, chiefs, and enlisted personnel assigned. V-1 Division's primary mission is the safe movement of aircraft about the flight deck, including launch- ing, recovering and towing helicopters, and launching and taxi- ing AV-8B Harrier jets. They are also responsible for continuously manning the flight deck with fire fighting personnel and crash and salvage crew- men in the event of an aircraft accident. Through the course of MARG 4-87, over 11,000 take-offs and landings were logged on Nassau's flight deck and over 6,000 aircraft were moved - all without a single accident or major incident. This deployment also marked the first time that AV-8B's have operated at night aboard ship. Nassau also became the first ship to deploy to the Med with a combined air wing of helicopters and Harriers. Members of V-1 blow out padeyes on the flight deck.

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