Saipan (LHA 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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AIR ABHCS Garces ABHCS Harvey N N wa. lt AOCS Miles U55 if ABHC Dickerson ABHC Jackson Y' ABHC Self AOC Williams 62 ABHC Jones V-1 Division is responsible for conducting all aviation oper2li0l15 in the dynamic environment of the flight deck. It'S thfff workcenters, Fly One, Fly 'Iwo and Crash and Salvage meellhf challenge of round the clock operations: Moving, launchillg and recovering and spotting aircraft while also providing Cfuc'f'lme' saving fire-fighting response capability in event of and aircraft emergency. V-3 Division is responsible for the safe and 9XP9d tious movement of all aircraft in the hangar baY- on fef1'f1','l Conus, V-3 executed a Max Packv evolution to Protect th? in' craft from high winds. V-4 Division is responsible for pr0Vld ': safe and efficient fueling support to aircraft, aviation SUPP34 equipment, LCUS, small boats, and marine eqllillment' The P 'fFlight Deckersv work on the flight deck fueling aircraft, oggh ating and repairing fuel stations and ensuring that gnly km quality fuel is Passed to the aircraft. Below DeckerS 'Vixen the JP-5 pump rooms, operating the fuel filters and PPI 'fog which ensure the fuel is clean. V-5 Division iS fesponslb e0P' the storage, handling, issue and receiving of Landing Force em erating Readiness Material LLFORMD and Air Combat Elenggw CACEJ ammunition. Stored in four complex cargo holdlnlml Zines, ready service flight deck missile magazine' and Sinful ready service lockers, a typical weapons evolution takes C Plannillg and coordination to ensure the utmost safety-

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NAIR in Y'0 CAPTQSELJ Litwiller MISSION The Air Department team started the deploy- ment with high intensity flight ops and con- tinued throughout the cruise. We made over 2,300 aircraft moves, 10,000 plus launches and recoveries and pumped over 600,000 gallons of jet fuel UP-SJ. In keeping with Saipan's motto, We do it allj' we operated with four different types of USMC helicopters, four types of aircraft from other US services, civil- ian VERTREP helicopters and AV-8B jet air- Craft, We fought the sun, winds, rain and snow and proved flexible and reponsive in meeting all tasking. 'IS' -3- S, LT Kransy LT Boyland 'lla LT Stroth CW02 Smith if T Y' Ig, Wu. f X LTJG Fam ENS Davis ENS Wafford

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ix 'J ABH1 Gordon -I. 'Y ABH2 Morris ABH3 Depto N- 12 ABH3 Morris 'ii 1, ABH1 Hynson ABH2 Scoville ABH3 Kenworthy ABH3 Porras 'fi 141 ABH1 Jessie ABH3 Bailey -Q. Y 4 47 ABH3 Kidd '- 2 ABH3 Potts Q. i -...ilfy ABH1 Varley ABH3 Bridegam 'lu 4 4 ABH3 Lee -Y 474 ABH3 Pulido