Gary (FF 51) - Naval Cruise Book

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l ,uf W AX4 Michael H. Wick, LPO- AE2 Bruce G Wright Avvl T.J. Hoenisch Staten island, NY - Sm Diego' CA Sun Dieg0, CA f ..ff ami' N RW4 xl, A D 4 B1-1 AT2 Guy A. Demarco Hadley, NY 1 ,Fight - Operations team celebrates 4200 hours of flight operations while in MIDEASTFOR. ,1- lrg l K lmiillllllk L' Hulchlnson AMH2 Anon r. Maron dams, MA AW2 Noel P. Beckett Albuquerque NM ' Phoenix, AZ ' 4

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LCDR Mark G. Bur under i.'r-'gs 7--+ ::v.s:,f,,,-51.1115-,-.7...Y..1f-M.-..-1 ir il li N 1 li 'T I Q W H i l? ll Nl li i. ' .E T li 3 i , Q . 3 i 5 I 3 M , ' L l il l i l 2 21 i f-T L li 'll EET 'T TE' ,al li ,,l .Ei i yi - EQ az reg -R -f'f A Y.,- ..-Q--,.Y,.,fvaqvr-----., . ,-..,.,, .--- ., ,.1,,YW Y , -, -vlli' Aire DEPARTMENT GARY's mission in The Persian Gulf could noT have been Ai performed aseffecfively wiThouT The superb conTribu- i Tions of The Air DeparTmenT. The airmen and piloTs of HSL- 43 Def 43 flew Their aircrafTs nearly non-sTop Throughouf i our deploymenT To provide airborne Tacfical and logisfic li supporf. ' A ' . Along The way, The Air DeparTmenT disTinguished Them- i selves by -seTTing numerous aviaTion records,. includingi flying over 4200 hours in Three monms, and mesT-hoursi flown in a single monTh while operaTing in The Middle Easfi Theafer. Nof only did our AIRDET supporf GARY's oper-i aTions, buT' They lenT supporf To numerous TmiliTary andi civilian convoys Transifing The Gulf. ' IT was always comforTing To know Thaf Oceanlord 24 orzr '22 were in The air during The Tense days of T'OperaTioni Praying ManTis ,,The men of Def 43 were our eyes in Theii sky in Those days. Their presence on sTaTion provided The! ,T Q Plllsburgh, PA - .sf Q X . LT Sfeve M. Barrdff LT Jeff'Jg. Krafzer ' LT MGH H Dolgn 'L Rl Alamogordo, NM TOUTDO, FL Warwick l A T - '4'. Y LTJS Willicm C- Murphy N ' -me John,A. McGraTh - . AEC DOUQIQS E Smfm fPlymouTh', MI Richmond Hill, GA' if San Diego CA f'These naval airmen, bold fellows,,aIways on for an advenfurous aTTack'.' A Sir lan-HGmlllOr1, Gallipoli, 8 JUL 4945 L -----1,--f-Ani :-f , Ml-Yi A' very best kind of early warning available. ' '

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