Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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VF-123 Hclley's With the outbreak of the Korean War the N weekend warriors of Fighter squadron 871 were placed on active duty and subsequently completed two combat tours flying the E4U Corsair. Redesignated VE-123 in 1953, the squadron was assigned F9E-2 Panthers and saw two more Ear Eastern stints before joining up with CVC-12. Prior to the present deployment, the 19 pilots underwent intensive training at Miramar, El Centro, and China Lake, with each man winning two or more coveted sharpshooting Q'E s for a grand total of 59. Skippered by Cdr. R. I. Haley, after whom the unit has become known as Haleyis Comets , the squadron made aviation history when four of their E9E-8 Cougars took part in the world's first multiple inflight refueling opera- tion from a seaplane tanker. Making the trip to WestPac aboard the LEX, the Comets will be based at NAS Atsugi for the greater part of the cruise. l CDR R.I. HALEY CDR W.W. FLEMING LCDR A.R. QCROFT, JR. LT D.W. ROBERTSON V. .,,....., ,.,.. . ,. .,,. W ,.,,k,,, ony.,-Mfg, Comets LT N.O. ANDERSON, JR. LT R.U. MORRISON LT J.O. MOORE COUGAR neatly frames Atsugi control tower. l 3