Coronado (AGF 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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MASTER AT ARMS SMI Todd Miller, SM2 Eric Sibert, OSl James Cross, GMGl Joseph Barino How do you turn this darn thing on? But I promise, the check ' s in the mail. 33

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YNSN Sean Atkins, YNSN Mark Smith, YN2 Rick Muna, LT Fred Hintermister 32 Sitting: PNSN Mike Saylor, PNC Scott Russell, PN3 Breeze Mince Standing: PNSN Derek Holmes, PN2 Sito Maquindang

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AIR DEPARTMENT LT ROBERT L. DRAKE AIR BOSS LTJG JOHN F. JACOBS AVIATION FUELS OFFICER THE CORONADO ' S AIR DEPARTMENT HAS HAD A VERY UNIQUE AND PRODUCTIVE CRUISE. SOME OF THE EVOLUTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE ON THIS VESSEL. SUCH EVOLUTIONS INCLUDE REFUELING OTHER U.S. AND FOREIGN SHIPS WITH JP-5 JET FUEL AND DOING NO LIGHT FLIGHT OPERATIONS, WHERE YOU LAND AND LAUNCH AIRCRAFT WITH NO LIGHTS ON OUTSIDE THE SHIP. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE UNIQUE AND OFTEN DANGEROUS EVOLUTIONS SUCCESSFUL- LY TOOK PLANNING, HARD WORK, PROFESSIONALISM, AND SOMETIMES JUST PLAIN RAW COURAGE. BUT THE CORONADO ' S FLIGHT DECK CREW, OR AIRDALES AS THEY ' RE COMMONLY KNOWN, ALWAYS COT THE JOB DONE. THE CORONADO HAS LOGGED ALMOST 800 LANDINGS AND HAS PUMPED OVER 300,000 GALLONS OF JP-5 JET FUEL DURING OUR TEN MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE PERSIAN GULF. THEY HAVE DONE NUMEROUS VERTICAL REPLENISHMENTS , WHICH IS RESUPPLYING OUR SHIP AND OTHERS BY HELICOPTER, AND HAVE LANDED AND SUPPORTED AIRCRAFT FROM OTHER NAVIES WORKING IN THE GULF. THE FLIGHT DECK CREW WORKED MANY LONG, HARD HOURS, MOST OF THE TIME WITH TEM- PERATURES EXCEEDING 120°F ON DECK. THEIR CAN DO SPIRIT AND PROFES- SIONALISM HAS BEEN COMMENDABLE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEPLOY- MENT. THE CORONADO AIRDALES DO NOT HAVE TO BRAG OR INFLATE THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. THEY NEED ONLY TO LIST THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THEY HAVE MET EVERY CHALLENGE AND SURPASSED EVERY GOAL, FROM COMPLETING TWO YEARS WORTH OF SHIP AND AVI- ATION INSPECTIONS PREPARING FOR THE DEPLOYMENT, TO COMPLETING AN EXTENDED DEPLOYMENT IN ONE OF THE WORLD ' S MOST DANGEROUS AREAS, THE PERSIAN GULF. THEY HAVE HANDLED A WIDE VARIETY OF AIR- CRAFT, FROM THE JOINT TASK FORCE COMMANDERS H-3 ' S DESERT DUCK AND DUSTY DUCK TO THE NEW AH-lW SUPER COBRA ' S AND EVEN SOME BRITISH LYNX MK HI ' S. THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE GAINED DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT WILL BE INVALUABLE TO THEM AS THEY CARRY ON WITH THEIR CAREERS IN THE NAVY AND IN THE CIVILIAN COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED EVERY OBSTACLE IMAGINABLE AND HAVE SUCCEEDED THROUGH HARD WORK, TEAM WORK, AND PERSE- VERANCE. CORONADO HAS NOT MISSED A SINGLE FLYING OR REFUELING COMMITMENT DURING THE ENTIRE CRUISE BECAUSE OF THIS. THEY STAND PROUD AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE U.S. NAVY ' S FINEST FLAGSHIP, THE USS CORONADO. ABFC(AW) JOHN C. MIHOCH DIVISION LCPO FUELS CPO 34 ABHC NOEL K. AUGENSTEIN HANDLER CPO