Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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Psychedelic Symphony. ACS R,F, NICHOLAS monitors the Final Approach Console. OK Students, checking the bottom right of the board .... ACS D. NEMITZ at the Glow Board. 0C DIVISIO The Carrier Air Traffic Control Center QCATCCJ, under CDR. R.N. QUINN, is responsible for all aircraft operating 1 i I i within 50 NM of the ship, except those operating visually under K control of the Air Officer. lts mission is to coordinate, schedule, account for and control aircraft arriving or departing from Kitty Hawk. This mission is carried out by air wing briefings, flight scheduling, pre-launch briefings, record keeping, handling of flight plans and assisting the Operations Officer in carrying out Search and Rescue responsibilities. CATCC is divided into two sections: Carrier Controlled Approach QCCAJ and Air Operations. -lifn ilfllnl-1 I 'i ,ffl Mgmt' . r'. ,11 ' -A 17.42 'm'n- . 1 Ol inf. lZ17lTllll:l'lH H .Hi flflllillli o - 7,111 I-UIFII - .0'. .,.. I-651 J- il-UIFNI if F ,,, HZ!-lllll-1 gg, il-1 M' I ' Q A :TI l WIIZJ' ,Ulll I 8, IIZFQIU1 yu M- ,ywgy ff IS TEM 'eiflill Ili -, S 'ii HE: i 1 N . if F.: ' 1. ' Q ...., F1 S '..-.l..- i- I :Iii , , NLQ,-' Xl NAII- A- I, ,, x.-:QQEQ RMP, And the winner in the 4th ram- at ll.'RY 07, your approach sp:-i-il isgnot I iv ,a Q -NCCI in w Alfl 1 i rlriont .... AA PANT ALEO kups ERQEEHEIEQ mtmmw Appmgch Cumml trac ' of approaching aircraft on the board. O lll'. Y,V

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has' UPERATIUN S Up'-rations ll-'partim-iit ls rf-sponsihlv tor proxithnu planning anal giiiil.iii-1' in ilu-1-xt-ttitiuii ot .ill gissiggiiiwl opvrational missions .intl sliip's vxvrtisvs. Xn aililitional xital function is thi- unir-lination ot .ill riuuliiirss training xx itliin ilu- ship. .ks its nann- iniplivs, tln- tl:-partiiiciit Is rvsponsihli- tor tht- vtticii-nt :intl ioorilln.it1'ilupcratioiiolKitty llau k. 'lille' ll4'P.lfIIIti'It! cutlslsls til J form' Inlillllttl .llil ullix'l'l': Alltel vnlistu-il invn .intl ls UfLfLllllll'1l into nine' tlistinctly functional tlixisioiis. 'lilu-sv tlixisions ri-pr:-svnt a with- xarivty of spccialtics from we-.itlu-r tori-castiiig :intl photography to vla-ctronic rqulpnu-nt inziiiita-nancv anal aircraft traffic control. Uthvr inlu-ri-iit illxislulis spl't'lJllll' in .-Xnti-Suhinarini- lkarfari' l.'XSll'l. l'fIi-ctronic lkartara- llflill lntvlligc-nc:-, administration, anal tat tical conihat information coortlination. 'lihr ilu-partine-nt hasically coll:-cts, tlisplilys, 1-valuatcs anal tlissrininata-s all opt-rational information associatt-tl with tht- coniluct of hotli off:-nsivr and tlcft-r1six'c naval opvrations to incluila- surface-, suh-surlacc anal air opcrations. :Ks a multi-purpose' carrie-r, tht- opt-rations tl:-partinvnt rt-ci-ntli' t-xpamlt-tl to i-ncoinpass thi- full array of coortlinatml .'Xnti-Suhinarinc lilfarfart- anal tactical air opvrations in tht- opt-n oct-an t-nvironnu-nt. CDR. M. GUESS. Opvrations Di-partmvnt Hi-ad 0A DIVISIU The- OA Division on hoard Kitty Hawk is compost-d of sixtt-cn 1-nlisti-tl mi-n anal ont- offici-r, LCUR. K. G. Hlxhl,-XX lr., tht- ship's Hi-tvorological Uffict-r anal AUUL' as Staff N11-tt-orologist to ft JMU.-NRC PRI' UNE. 'lilw wi-atlu-r offict s basic mission is tu proviili- 1-nvironmi'ntal st-rvict-s to Kittv Hawk, l'tJNlk'.-Xullillll' UNE anal CYW-l l. Short and long rangc wi-athi-r torvcasts ara- prt-part-tl to aitl in tht- salt- and timt-lv cruising of tht- ship and our accompanying task group. Aviation fore-casts ara- issuml to pilots attachrtl to CYW'-ll squadrons, Of 1-qual iinportanci- sincr acliiiwintl CX ' dt-gignation i5 the ri-quirt-nwnt to prowitlt- .-Xnti-Suhniarinv lkarfarv Environmt-ntal l'ri'tlictions St-rxict-s 1.-XSWICPSI for ships and aircraft. This function is lu-atli-tl hy l,'l'. li. W. SH.-X.-XR who, although not actually attaclu-tl Io tht- tlixision, llst'S tht- wt-atht-r offict- and svn-ral of its pi-rsonnvl as a hast' for tht- computation and prvsvntation of .'XSlYl'll'5 tlata. ' l'ractically' all t-lt-mt-nts in atmospht-ric, surfact- and suh-surfacc vnx irontncntal tlata colli-ction art- pt-rforntccl hy flu. wt.ath1.r Offiu. pi-rsonnvl. lK'hile- at sca this ilata collcction inclutlvs hourlv wcatlwr ohsvrvations, tlaily halloon-hornv uppt-r air soundinggs, dirt-ct wi-athvr sati-lliti' rt-atlouts anrl hathvtht-rmograph sountlings. Of courst' no wt-atlu-r officc artywilit-fp i, 3 Svlf- supporting unit. Incoming i-nvironme-ntal tlatai, as an aid U, thi. support of our mission. is ri-ct-iv:-tl from tlu- ni-art-st Flu-ct XX'Q.athl.r Ccntral anal from tht- l li'vt Nunn-rical lYt-arht-r Ct-mral at Nlontcrvy. California. and st-vt-ral otlu-r sourcvs. 'Y U-ff' llnlftg -YQ lost- tht- huhhlezu .-Xfij lfffllshRXl'.5lc.lt1lat14lxkfil Bob bP.'KRhb rvatl-. it 1-athvr halloon. - six ,.-- N- - 1' , -.-A

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