Nimitz (CVN 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN DAVID W. HOFFMAN PREVIOUS COMMANDER OF AIRWING EIGHT Captain David W. Hoffman was born in Philadelphia and he graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in June 1962. He reported to flight training in Pensacola, graduated and was designated as a Naval Aviator. He then spent one year as a flight instructor in the Naval Air Training Command. He was assigned to VF-121 and is a graduate of the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California. A brief tour as instructor in VF-121 was followed by assign- ment to the staff of Commander Carrier Air Wing FIFTEEN. While assigned to the staff flying from USS Coral Sea on December 30, 1971 he was shot down and captured near Vinh, North Vietnam. After his repatriation in March 1973 he became the first returning POW to deploy with a fleet squadron, VF-142, aboard USS America in January 1974. Captain Hoffman served with the Ghostriders of VF-142 until January 1976 when he reported to the staff of Com- mander Fighter Wing ONE. He served as XO of VF-33 and was transferred to VF-41 as XO in January 1978. He then became Commanding Officer of VF-41, the Black Aces . On September 1982, following tours in OPNAVKOP-9621 and COP-9559 he assumed the position of Commander, Carrier Air Wing EIGHT. Captain Hoffman is married to the former Mary Burk- hardt of Chicago and has a son, David. They currently reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 300