Constellation (CV 64) - Naval Cruise Book

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STAFF RMCS Lackey. LCDR Kaler. RMSN Balija. RM2 Ditlman. RMl Grimm. ENS Hill NSN Liuin. YN: Sullivan. YN2 Price PN2 Espirlu. PM Guerrero. YN3 Taula 23

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FLAG ' S Captain Streightifr Cheif of StalT Captain McGrail ACQS OPS 0S3 Maicrs, RMCS N. Lackey, Jr., LCUR Wright, US3 Macy, OSC Allen 22 LT Kramer, Flag Lt. BKIB M

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CAG FORMER CAPTAIN BOBBY C. LEE Captain Bobby Lee entered the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet on 19 October 1956. He was commissioned an Ensign and designated a Naval Aviator in May 1958. His first squadron tour was with Light Photographic Squadron SIXTY-TWO flying the F9F-8P and RF-8 aircraft. From VFP-62 Captain Lee spent two years under instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey. Upon completion of studies Captain Lee reported to Fighter Squadron ONE SEVEN FOUR, the Crusader RAG. There he served 18 months and was among the initial pilots to fly the A-7 Corsair II when VF-174 transitioned to Attack Squadron ONE SEVEN FOUR. From VA-174 Captain Lee spent a short tour with VF-24. It was during this tour that he shot down a North Vietnamese MIG 17 aircraft while participating in a strike against the Hanoi thermal power plant on 19 May 1967. Captain Lee returned to Naval Air Station Cecil Field and was a plank owner in Attack Squadron THREE SEVEN. He completed his second combat cruise on Kitty Hawk CV-63 with VA-37 flying the A-7 as part of Attack Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN. Captain Lee returned to VA- 1 74 as an instructor pilot in 1969. At the completion of this tour, he served as Operations Officer for Attack Carrier Air Wing NINETEEN at Naval Air Station Lemoore. It was with CVW-19 that he completed a third combat tour and flew with the BARNOWLS of VA-215. Captain Lee went from Air Wing NINETTEN Staff to Executive Officer of Attack Squadron ONE TWO TWO. Following a year there he reported to Attack Squadron ONE FOUR SEVEN as Executive Officer. He assumed command of VA-147 in May 1975. Captain Lee reported to USS ROOSEVELT (CVA-42) as Assistant Air Officer at the end of his squadron command tour. He departed ROOSEVELT after her final last cruise in April 1977 and spent seven months training in each type of aircraft flown by Air Wing NINE. Captain Lee took command of the Wing 16 December 1977. Captain Lee has flown 5700 accident free hours in tactical aircraft and has 1130 carrier arrested landings. His decorations include the Silver Star Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross. Captain Lee resides in Lemoore, California with his wife Dotti and their boys Robert and Richard. 24