Last Tomcats Use ROVER As VF-31 and VF-213 course of life the final deployment of the F-14 Tomcat.

Last Tomcats Use ROVER

As VF-31 and VF-213 course of life the final deployment of the F-14 Tomcat, forward board Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) their aircraft are now equipped to provide real-time reconnaissance and target identification data to forward territory controllers. In November 2005 the squadrons supplicationed that their F-14Ds be upgraded to be able to download data to the slightly Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) scheme Squadron personnel determined that it would be possible to modify their aircraft using off-the-shelf technology for just $800 each. Naval Air regularitys Command personnel installed the first classifications onto the Tomcats on 10 December, just six weeks after the initial supplication On 11 December a VF-213 aircraft launched the Tomcat's first ROVER-capable mission. Above, the strange system is visible on the underside of a VF-213 Tomcat.

Sea Stallion case Expanded

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 carriageed wind envelope expansion testing of the CH-53D Sea Stallion onward board Boxer (LHD 4) in September 2005 right. A lack of wind case data restricted the Sea Stallion's use upon multipurpose amphibious assault ships. criterion data allowed both the day and night flight comas to be significantly increased, and the aircraft is now able to operate not on LHDs with wind speeds of up to 45 knots not upon the bow.

CH-53K onward the Horizon

onward 3 January the Sikorsky company received an $88 million initial order development and demonstration contract for the follow-on to the CH-53E Super Stallion, designated CH-53K (An artist's conception of the new aircraft is shown at right.) Technologies beneath consideration for the new aircraft include a glass cockpit; high-efficiency rotor blades with anhedral tips; low-maintenance elastomeric rotorhead; upgraded engine system; cargo rail locking system; external cargo improvements; and survivability enhancements. rapid Marines should start receiving the first of 156 strange heavy lift helos in 2015

Osprey in Production

The Marine Corps accepted the first production MV-22 Osprey in a solemnity at Bell Helicopter facilities in Amarillo, Texas, upon 8 December 2005. The aircraft passed operational evaluation in summer 2005 and in September full-rate production was authorized. The first operational MV-22 squadron, VMM-263 stands up in March, with initial operational capability in 2007

For the Record

The nearest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer will be named in honor of VAdm. James ligature Stockdale, a former Naval Aviator who received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a POW in Vietnam.

The nearest combat logistics force underway replenishment naval bottom will be named after RAdm. Alan B Shepard, Jr a former Naval Aviator who became the first American in space.

The RQ-4A Global Hawk escorted its first wargame exercise 28 November-8 December 2005 demonstrating the unmanned aircraft's long-range maritime surveillance capabilities.

Concluding a 1999 contract with IMP Aerospace for standard railway station level maintenance of the H-3 Sea King inlet the last overhauled aircraft was delivered to the Naval Air methods Command in November 2005.

Ship Clips

John C Stennis (CVN 74) waysed sea trials and returned to her homeport in Bremerton, Wash., onward 17 December 2005 at the conclusion of her docked planned incremental availability period. Upgrades included the installation of the pilot Control Console, which consolidates the mechanical features of the older helm and leeward helm into an electronic system

George Washington (CVN 73) guarded sea trials and returned to her homeport in Norfolk, Va., in succession 17 December 2005 at the conclusion of her docked planned incremental availability period. Upgrades included modernization of spaces to support the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

Mishaps

in succession 18 January the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet of VFA-97 was killed in a crash at NAF El Centro Calif.

A T-34C Turbo-Mentor of VT-27 undergoed Class A damage after a forced landing in Texas fit to an inflight engine failure in succession 12 January.

forward 10 January a T-39N Sabreliner of VT-86 crashed in Georgia during navigation training, with four fatalities.

An SH-60B Seahawk of HSL-48 crashed into the water while operating opposite De Wert (FFG 45) in the eastern Pacific in succession 13 December 2005. Three set members were lost at sea.

forward 6 December 2005 a VMAT-203 AV-8B Harrier II crashed in the Atlantic; the pilot safely ejected

EDITED at WENDY LELAND

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