Hancock (CVA 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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Air Controller that tallgs pilots aboard safely When the nerve punishing operations stumble on nature's blocks. In a compartment adjoining the Combat Information Center a small group of men perform a variety of Vital functions. This is the Air Ops Office, headed by CDR Ryan, manned by OI personnel, and responsible for the planning and coordina- tion of the ship's air operations. Preparing the daily flight schedule is itself an endless, complex and arduous task, in addition to Hove you ever seen o better picture of Jclyne Mansfield?

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The oir picture without confusion vital job of the division. The all impor- tant CAP pilots receive their intercept in- structions from the competent Air Control- lers of CIC. The Combat Information Center is fiexed With action as plotting boards develop crayoned patterns that tell a tale of the flight of men, of control and of conquering. Here the CIC Watch Officer sifts the pertinent information from the extraneous and relays his evaluation and recommendations to the bridge to keep the conning ofhcer fully informed. OI,s radars vvarn of approaching aircraft. They provide the stop and go signs for air traffic. They are a beacon in darkness and bad Weather. It is the steady voice of the . Look White, I'm the watch officer not you. Hooray, we finolly got one eboord on ci CCA. Air Ops ron out of coffee

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Which, the problems of accounting for the movements of, and maintaining reliable communications With scores of aircraft, keep this small ofiice hard at the respon- sibilities of a big job. All clay, all night, the 20-20 eyes of OI stare blinklessly, alert for the enemy-to give him away, blasting him from the skies, sinking him beneath the sea-and also being the right hand of fate that reaches across the miles and returns pilots and planes to the haven of home. Von Dyke cmd Chose conduct on ECM drill. Norton, Winkler cind Poulson collect the air picture Radar control room of GQ. 23, 447 pounds of lviciill