America (CV 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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C. MACKE Admiral Richard C. Macke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Macke, was born in Freeport, Illinois on January 4, 1938. He is a graduate of Kirkland High School, Kirkland, Illinois and of the U.S. Naval Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in June 1960. He entered flight training at Pensacola, Florida in july 1960 and was designated a Naval Aviator in August 1961. He reported to VA-23 in Lemoore, California and flew A-4 Skyhavvks for the next four years accumulating over 200 arrested landings on USS MIDWAY ICV-411. Rear Admiral Macke entered Navy Test Pilot School in February 1965 and after graduation served in the Weapons System Test Directorate. There he participated in many projects and was Proj- ect Officer for the A-4 Shoehorn and the Navy Preliminary Evaluations and Board of Inspec- tion and Survey Trials for the A-7 aircraft. From January 1968 to january 1970, Rear Admi- ral Macke was attached to VA-27, flying the A-7A Corsair Il. He served there as Administra- tive Officer and completed two deployments in USS CONSTELLATIOPN ICV-641 flying more than 150 combat missions in Southeast Asia. Rear Admiral Macke reported to U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in February 1970. Where he graduated with distinction with a Master of Science Degree in Operations Re- search and Systems Analysis. While at Postgraduate School, he was selected for aviation squadron command. In March 1971, he reported to VA-66 at Cecil Field, Florida as Execu- tive Officer and later served as Commanding Officer of this A-7E squadron assigned to USS INDEPENDENCE ICV-621. He was next assigned tothe Navy Office of Legislative Affairs in the Pentagon in Janu- ary 1975, where he helped present the budget for Naval Aviation Programs to members of Congress and their staffs. Fol-lowing selection for and completion of nuclear propulsion train- ing, Rear Admiral Macke served from May 1979 to July 1981 as Executive Officer of USS NIMIT Z ICVN-681. -His tour in NIMITZ included a record-setting deployment to the Indian Ocean. ' . - Q - f Rear Admiral Macke reported as Commanding Officer of USS CAMDEN IAOE-21 followinghisf tour in NIMITZ.. During his-2'2 months in CAMDEN, the ship successfully completed a 14-month complex overhaul -'-the largest ever done in aprivate shipyard on the West'Coast f- and a compressed training period-preparing for a major deployment only ieightmonths .after :completing overhaul. B. A ' I- j A Q g A I . ' , - 1 if-iReair3'Admira,l?Maicke served as -Executive 'Assistant' to the Director of Command and rcontrslii-.sqoP 5-rfpriqrtox repprting -to-.USS.gg,DWIQHT.fD. E SEN finejulyi' '41 ., . A A ,I ICVN-691 as 98 deployed to .the Mediter- ranean VAIRLANT and commenced .its was frocked .I 1 l enhance TWO in'March

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