George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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670 VO-6 'Black Ravens' CW03 Dennis Jones ADCS(AW) Bob Adams ATC Arthur Graves AEC(AW) Wallace Smith LCOR Mark Navarro LCDR Michael Pease LCOR David Swath wood LT Brad Burke LT Jason Burke LT Kerry Edmonds LT Terry Hart LT Curt Hoekstra VQ-6 Black Ravens The Black Ravens of Fleet Air Rcconnais- protection to coalition aircraft. Operations sance Squadron SIX Detachment Bravo, were Southern Watch and Vigilant Warrior in Iraq VQ-6's second ES-3A carrier detachment. were supported by 24 sorties and more than 80 During the deployment Detachment Bravo hqurs of flying. Overall. 1300 accident-free conducted operations providing indications and hours were flown during work-ups and the warnings (I W) and tactical signal intelligence deployment. Every member of the detachment to the George Washington Battle Group. Carrier gave a 100-perccnt commitment to duty which Air Wing Seven and United Nations’ coalition resulted in a 92-percent sortie completion rate forces in Bosnia and Iraq. This information and 99-perccnt critical mission system availabil- helped portray an overall picture of operations ity rate. within each region, giving theater commanders The detachment achieved these high stan- vital information from which to make tactical dards with only two aircraft 44 maintenance decisions personnel and 10 officers assigned to GW. The detachment was a major contributor to Detachment Bravo proudly outworked, outflow Operation Deny Flight over Bosnia. VQ-6 flew and outright outperformed organizations over 90 sorties and provided more than 350 hours of twice their size.

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AME1 Ray Coleman ATI (N AC) Robert Cralr ATI (AW) Jeffery Hall AMHI(AW) Michael Kane AKI(AW) Donald Mathias ISI(AW) Stoven Titkemeyer ATI Jeffrey Washburn AD2 Phillip Allen AT2(NAC) John Bordelon AT2(NAC) John Covington AMS2 Christopher Puncheon AT2 Joe Garcez