Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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Western Oeean fl ARD DEPLOYED AIRCRAFT CARRER l'he ship mis ttitdervttty Ich I0 in ltltli tot its lltlt I'llNl undcryyuy period lltts 46-dtty winter underway period in- cluded tyyo .itr tying sqttttdron changes olicotttntund, port y istts lo llong Kong und lltisttn, Korctt. .tnd extcnstye an wing cyclic opetxtttons .ind strtlse tnttnutg tti .tdygtncc olpttrtictptttittg in l xerctsc I oul lnylc yy ith tlte Republic ot Korea For the next seyeixil tteelts, Kitty llttyyk conducted exercises in tltc tlorul Sea alongside the Mtstrultuit nttlttz-try lhc main eyent olitltts period nits luserctse lttltstnttn Stther, in which tlte Kitty lluyylt Strike ttroup joined up with person- nel tront ex ery otlter hrgtnclt ot' tlte IIS, .Nrnted I-'orces to trtun alongside personnel trout eyery hunch ol the Australian armed forces. lhis yyits tlte tirst eyer occurreitee ot lzxerctse lulisntait Saber, yyhtclt combined lysti prey tons joint I, S - Attstratliutt ntilttttry esercisesg lttndent lltrttst ttnd Crocodile. On July 3. Kitty Ilttyylt pulled utto Sydney, .fXttstt1tltgt, tor at Iiye-dtty port Ntsll. During the ttstl, Kitty lluvtk Satlors punictpatted in ntnnerous tours ttnd contntunity sery ice projects, including y lstls to Sydney 's Poltcet ttueits Youth lllub and St. John's .Nitthttlttttce Irttutittg tcnter, After departing Sydney, Islitty llttyyk continued to conduct exercises in the Western lhtcttric Region Un July IK. the Kttty llayyk Strike tironp hegttn pttrticiptttton in tlrttnge crush, tn which .kit ltorce personnel bnsed tn tttttutt joined up with the Strike tiroup to conduct exercises which stntulttted regal-ltlc yyttrtiute scentutos On July 22 yyhile out ut seat, Kitty llztyyk hosted tlte tktrrter Strike tiroup 5 change ot'contttt.tnd ceremony in tts hangar hay, in which Reatr Aditi. Doug Metltun took over conunnnd trout Rettr ,Xdnt Jtunte Kelly Un the s.uttc day. Kitty llavtk pttlled iitto tiutun tor tt tour-dtty port visit, in which Stttlttts ptuttctpnted in ttuuteious touts. rectmttortgtl etents and community sery ice projects. In early August, the Kitty Ilttwk Strike tiroup pttrttcipttted in .lotnt Mr and Sen I xerctses UAS! Xt Itlti. at complex exercise which included Air lforce and Murine Vorps assets Irotn UI-.tn.ttt .t .ind ttn.un .ts hell .is toutes assigned to Patrol Reconnaissance lforees, 7 ' lfleet. lhe exercise helped till ot these forces u.un on ht-tt to opcmte iotntly during at wartime situation. On August 20, Kitty Ilgtwk retttrned to Yokosultat, hringing tin end to Ils summer ttttili:r1s.ty period X tcm days later. it retumed to seat tor tour datys in ttntictpattion ol' two typhoons hitting the Yoltosnha .trc.t Xll Kitty llasslt 'sailors were commended tor the orderly and etlietent tnatnner in wlueh they ty ere .thle to ect the ship up :md running again on such short notice. Alter retttming to port. Kitty llatwlx resumed its upkeep period. in which numerous repair tohs vt etc performed on the Ship, On Uet. 25, the ship cotntneitced its tltll uttderwgty' period. which .tlso turned ont to he quite ct- entful the underwent a Maintenance and Material Management 13M y . V ta cwery mi on their administmtiott ofthe shtp's KM program Dunng assessment. Kitty ming the first airemtl carrier to complete the :assessment without a MQ: department receiv- Iwith the ship getting an overall seorc ofws, ' the Kitty Havtgk Strike Group participated in Annual lixeteise tAN!itjALE.Xl 2005. a tom! exercise yt and thirtn Mttritimi,Ss1f ' - 4.7!-lQLHThe cyaoiwsatte a+tt13I ves- milton ICU US stihtihles. to I 'S Witty, vflips .tttd 49 .IMSDF R A 54 kitty llnwk t?lNited Hong Korie. .tllosy int: its Sailors to paii'ttetpate ing verde fiiriety' of events. These included MWR-sponsored tours. coinrnttnity seryiee protects, .ind sporting competitions hetwwn Kitty' Hawk teams and local Hong Kong nmntettr tennis. ln early December. Kitty Ilztwk underwent Al qu.tltty .tssnntnce tO Xl nssessntcnt. in which TYYUM sent a survcilllzoc tum to monitor the shtp's UA progrznns tor correclite nmintenttnce ettectiyeness -Xceording to the QA 118658113 teams repon. Kitty llztwk wats the only l'ttcttic-httsed .urcr.tt't txtrrter they assessed during the cycle that had no N-WG! required. Kitty' Hawk returned to Yokosultti llec ll. hrtnetne .tn end to tlte tltll underyyriy period Soon nttmards. on 6 January. 2006 the ship entered ri ship's restricted .ty.ul.thtltty iSRtXt period During this time. the ship expcriuted I Complete upgrade ot' Its locttl .treat network il XXI and the repI.tcetnent ot' the hotel steam piping in Yones 2. 3 lid 4. Working together with Ship Repair I .ir iliiy isRl i N okosttlot .ind Sumitomo. .t .l.tp.tntst contractor. Kitty Hawk s crew Completed more than .Ultltl repair paths .ind 2'rl,tltt0 nt.tn,hours ot' yyorlt On May 20. Kitty llavtlt departed tor sen nt.tls, once more resunnng tls role ot patrolling the Westem Pnethe Regina. USS Kitty Hawk. at 44-years old. continues lo he .i xtl.tl part ot' Xtnerican nttxrtl torces. supporting l'D!I0l'll policy hula me use ofprescncc. pour-t protection and sctt control Ixttty llzwt It continues to scrye as the w0fld'S yed aircratt cttrrici. and the oldest .nine slllp in the l S Nm yy

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