Ranger (CV 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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LT Working P LT Zaricor S. LTJG D Andrea V LTJG Meyer M. C-I5 LTJG Thomas G. C WO2 Humphrey G ADC Cabumay O. ,U 3 4-A., lk. 1 o ' M I I - v X LTJG Wiegand, D. , V, ' I , ul -.. . - -Q ' v I . x t A T2 Gearhart. G. AT2 tlahn, R. AMH5 L0hr, K. AE2 McGuire, J. A T2 Rohosy, O. A MH2 Sutherland, P. AEJ Coker, R. YN5 Jackson, A. YN5 Lynch, A. AMH1 Lacarnbacal, PR1 Spinks, J. AE2 Akiona, E. AT2 Clark, M. AD2 Fein, T. Y W ' V -. sv, The Douglas EA-515 Sky warrior, affectionately known as the ' Whale , from fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE IVQ- Il reported to USS RANGER lor duty on I0 July 1987. Its mission is to pros ide passim e electronic warfare support mea- sures it:'SMl to the fleet Tactical Commander. VQ-1's area of responsibility ranges lrom the west coast ofthe United States to the east coast of Africa. llomeported at NAS Agana, Guam, VQ-I covers this area with its I20 officers and 800 enlisted personnel utilizing the land-based EP-JE Orion and carrier- based l1'A -.Sli Sky uarrior. A single EA -.315 is embarked on each carrier deploy ed to HES Tl'AC, and RANGER welcomed the 9 ofliclers and .58 enlisted of VQ-l Detachment C who flew and maintained aircraH number NE-006. Detachment C flew mer 5 70 hours and logged 114 traps tcarrier landingsl. Originally designed and flown as a heavy attack, carrier-based nuclear bomber in the mid-50's, the EA-.55 Skywarrior has etohed into a 7 place, carrier-based, long-range, high perfor- mance reconnaissance platform. The Whale is the largest ilength I 78 ft, wingspan 2 72.5 lil and the heaviest 175,000 lbs at launchi ever to operate off aircraft carriers. Also, the Whale is the last of the bridle-launched fleet aircraft. In the early 1990 's, the EA -58 is to be replaced by an electroni- cally modified S-5A aircraft called the ES-5 , and VQ-1's carrier-based facet will become the nucleus ofa proposed new squadron of carrier-based ES-5 aircraft called VQ-5. Both squadrons will continue to operate from Guam. On 28 November 1987, NE-006 launched off Catapult 4 for what may be the final shipboard Sk ywarrior operations. In late October 198 7, the Chief of Na val Operations KCNOJ restricted all Whales to land-based operations: therefore, Detach- ment C became a chapter in Naval Aviation history as the last WESTPAC detachment operating the EA-.SB Skywarrior. SA VE THE WHALESX' VQ-1 275 AE1 GIZSS, E. E

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