USS Roosevelt (CVN 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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E nl Carrier Air Wag EIGHT The task of Carrier Air Wing EIGHT CCVW-82 is to conduct offensive air operations against land, surface, and subsurface targets and provide the Carrier Battle Group with sustained defensive air operations in support of assigned missions. Embarked on USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CCVN-711, CVW-8 employs 86 hi-tech aircraft capable of air warfare, strike warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and electron- ic warfare. The air wing's principal offensive striking power is shared by two aircraft: the A-6E Intruder and the PXA-18 Hornet. The strike! fighter CHornetl role is fulfilled by Strike Fighter Squadrons FIFTEEN and EIGHTY-SEVEN QVFA- ISIVFA-87l. Medium attack bombing operations are pro- vided by Attack Squadrons THIRTY-FIVE and THIRTY' SIX KVA-35fVA-36l. The Intruder and Hornet squadrons perform long range air-to- ground missions, interdiction of major communications routes, anti-surface warfare, and in- flight refueling. 1 e X The primary air defense for TR and her surface escorts is provided by the E-2C Hawkeye!FX-14A Tomcat tearnsg The Hawkeyes of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE TWENTY-FOUR CVAW-1241, Withtheir distinctive frotat-a ing radar domes, give long-range early warning of approach? ing aircraft. The Hawkeyes then provide .radar control to the Torncats of Fighter Sqaudrons PORTY-ONE and I EIGHTY-FOUR QVP-41fVF-84D for interception, identifi- cation, and, if necessary, the destruction .of enemy targets. The Hawkeye-Tomcat team maintains a defensive barrier I a of several hundred miles around the Carrier BattleXGroup, ensuring that no potentially hostile air contacts cross the barrier without being intercepted. The F-14A Tomct, with X r its variable swept wing design, can provide low-level photo- X. graphic intelligence when equipped with a camera pod. Anthsubmarine warfare QASWJ is of continuing impor- , tance to aircraft carriers. Air .AntifSubmarine Warfare Squad- , ron 'rwEN'rY-PoUR qvsrzfn, flying the s-sa Viking, the . if Navy's carrier based ASW aircraft and the SH-SH Sea King i helicopters of Anti-Submarine Squadron NINE XCHS-9l, working closely with T R's ASW module, provide an effective rtr, . sea' going weapons platform to combat enemy submarines.e...Xpg The SH-SH also provides search and .rescue and vertical . freplenishrnentf' capabilities, X issi XX X X X . . X. X e Airborne electronicfdefense is provided by a squadron. EA-6B Prowlers.. These yaircraftf from Tactical Squadron ONE .FORTYX-.ONE fCW+QF141l are XCaPaliieS intercepting and countering a53Iar'ietyX of electronicgsignals jamming I i surface :to aair . X radarsi X j order to protect X SIOUP aircraff if T ii rirrer .X 1 X X e X X CVWKXKSX . . . rf' i VF-41 VF-84 VA -35 VA-36 VFA-15 FfA'131H01'1:ieri VFA-87 Vs-24 VA Q.141 VAW-124 Hs-9 12 Uss THEODORE Roosrvmfr fCVN 71, X ' X K X K X A. - . XXX XX . - 1 X X. XXX X mm Xr.r . - X. r X H X . . -- is i . .. X X X X XX X . XXXXXX X X . X X . XX-.XXXA r - XX .- .. XX Xa -fXXXXf. . .X X XX- -X X. X X X .K X. . . X . . XXX--gg X XX.. KXX.XXXX.X XXXXXKX -X X Qmca X X ac .X X X X X X X X K X .XX-XXX.XXXXXXX XXXXXXX X XXX XX R F A-is .Hafr1er1.X.Xii 5-20 Hawkeye R .Xi X X.. XXWTQS X X f, X X X X X XX 1 S51 X X X XX XXX X X XX XX .. ,X , X ,XXX XSXXNX NX A .X - X. X - XX X X - a X- X. X. X.. X . X X f -XX. -XX X. X. Xp X X X XXXS N X .X -X Q . . ' . XT X Q. X -is Q- Y TX TX XXX X S i f I X NOX XTX XXX is NX fefXXX.Xf. XXX XWNX K K XX .. KX K X .. X X . K X K . K XXX .XX KXKQ :X XXX XKXX XXX XXKXXjX,X.XXXXXK.XXXXXX.X. . .XX.X X X275 K . K, K K . . X. K..K XXKX. K X XXXXXXXXXX X Xa . X . -. X . X K X X I .. X X X Y 05: 1FXRXifXX'XfiXdXXiXXrXX X X X .X X Q .. XX .Xi X ,,,,, X S i e X X 1 s i. . XXeX X Xi E. X X. . A-6EI11f1'Udf21'iX X f?RnadX2 X XX- X - I 5 X .- . X. sg . . . X . X XXXXXXXXX, X XXK:XXXNXKXM X,.V X X X. X-X WXXXX Ki, r .. Q X .. XX XX X. X X X 5 .X .XXXX.X.XXXXX E ' X B N iXX X XXX S . X -,XX X X XXXXXXQN Xe.- X X X TN X f - - X . K K X X XX X X. X- X.X X.Kf XXX-. XX. XXKXX.K-XXX KX KK.K AX X K X, X X XX Ks - X XX XXX . XXXXXKXXQX.XXXXXwXXXX? K V . X . X XX . X . our . .X X... X XX X X . fe XX Q- NX X.. X X X EA -6B Prowler I F . .XXXXXXXXXXXE X X..X..X. X X.--. for OX X X X. -XX XXXXWXA4 X SH-SH Sea TX PXXNXXSNXVXE 1 FXXSXX.-X X. X K. K K K X .X X .K KX XK XKK.XKXXXXXXX X . K K . K .KK K X XXKXXXXXK X .XX XXXXXXXXXXX - YNSQP 'XX S SX-XXXJX XX . X NX N XX X E X XX X XXX XKK . X X. XXXY ,1 . XX XX. Xe X XXX X X XXX-XX-X. . S K. XXKK X X .X I S . . XX SRX: X .X.K . . . . A W SQ - K g . K X X .KX . X. K..X KK..X X .X KKKX KX I X X

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A typical day starts before the sun comes up. Prior to aircrat? berhg launched, the flzght deck has Foreign Object Damage KFODQ walkdown. Cooks began serving breakkst at 0315 and wzll serve mare than ZQ000 meals dunhg the day. Aire: a full mght of work the aircrak maintenance crews head for bed. 14 USS THEODORE Mlm-, ,,., Z I f