America (CV 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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.roUr-e AniaR .Hat ( KlrkoJ Postscript ,Sanandaj RuAlt. When AMERICA began her cycle in January 1990. no one ihr Kord n»n c.1 AiZub ] RufMlU J , NowruxJ - yt (Kuwait! A madi Mi .Oe-uiflW Salaalj ry KmIQjM' U 1 'Clt AIW»ri‘? OaTMt «l 1 7 Bandar-c 'AbbojIjL- o rs fcetrl At-lAW tj Abu Sal Ah.| N.U'| JaI AIWa Oa , H «« r-iSP j « t mwf,,'ne. BAHRAIN MNUnVnah [AirAO dfuj‘fr h Dawljah tOohai AfCffAtll JawIjnicM 4 llarm«llj»h Uphou7w l 6 I EM4RATES —V— I-“U1 p ? UNITED ttti «»•“ AIH IM»gt»)AI ■ E AHOshvn C £ 3U V al Budfi BBiBi AJHg A, dW«k i aJUA w ’ S rfA C 'H : r ft An . would have predicted that within the yeur she would steam i , i ; off to war. She had just returned from a deployment and her J » “plate was full with the prospect of a normal repair and f«rdo»» r 1 work-up cycle. The exuberance of a visit to Fort 1-auderdale r V % VJ« r was a fitting reward for the overworked and tired crew, al JY't'Ul K ! tcad anticipating a yard period which, under the best of cir- “ t nkhalUt Py cumstancea. is trying and exhausting, though necessary. ♦ColpiyetjiK.( Similarly, when she left the shipyard in August 1990. the ru- mors of war had begun. Yet. no one was quite sure what that y.ii.Mi.... i.. would mean for AMERICA. Certainly, no one knew that she tv would be put through her paces in such a short period of time •V, and steam off to wrho-knew-what ;n tin- Middle East, a full five month ahead of schedule. i ithin forty-eight hours of her arrival in the Red Sea. Ixarely v settled in. AMERICA launched her might against Iraq as Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm A f the instrument of her might. CVW-1 carried out it mission ' flawlessly, without a single combat lows. The quiet courage :,l jc ' and skill of the aviaton of CVW 1. who risked their lives dai ,t ly. inspired us all. lAvauUm |V ft wSybef , , From both side of the .Arabian Peninsula. AMERICA and sT'Jjj v CVW-l continued their onslaught for forty two days, with a flair and finesse that we who WW than will long rememb«-r Oo«C«» Aa ;in l admire And remember with pride, since we were all part —— Ab'