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Aviators from carrier USS Constellation return home from war in Iraq
Nando Media, AP, Anchorage Daily News ^
| June 1 2003
Posted on 06/01/2003 4:44:31 PM PDT by veronica
Edited on 07/07/2004 4:48:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The "Sun Kings" flew 82 combat missions over Iraq during a seven-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, but their latest mission was far less dangerous.
Twenty pilots and naval flight officers from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron flew home to Point Mugu Naval Air Weapons Station in Ventura on Saturday.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: shipmovement; ussconstellation; welcomehome
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:44:32 PM PDT
by
veronica
To: dennisw; SJackson; onyx; BenF; Nachum; Grampa Dave; Catspaw; Sabertooth; Long Cut; Yehuda
FYI
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:54:47 PM PDT
by
veronica
(How's about a Palestinian state inside France? It could be called "Francenstine"...)
To: MadIvan; Brian Allen; quidnunc; Jimmyclyde; yonif
Bump.
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posted on
06/01/2003 4:55:39 PM PDT
by
veronica
(How's about a Palestinian state inside France? It could be called "Francenstine"...)
To: veronica
San Diego's GOP Mayor is planning a big welcome party for the men and women on the Connie, due in tomorrow.
4
posted on
06/01/2003 5:00:37 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Name an honest democrat? I can't either!)
To: onyx
Isn't this the last ride for the oldest carrier in the Navy?
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posted on
06/01/2003 5:27:02 PM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Fetch this!)
To: Thebaddog
Huh? USS Kitty Hawk has been in commission longer than the USS Constellation.
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posted on
06/01/2003 5:30:51 PM PDT
by
xrp
To: Thebaddog
I don't know about it being the oldest carrier, but I believe it was the last ride. My husbands cousin in on board.
Prairie
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posted on
06/01/2003 5:48:08 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(The faintest of ink is better than the strongest of memories.)
To: Thebaddog
I believe it is the last ride. Three summers ago, I had the great pleasure to go out on the Connie for a day off the coast of San Diego for 3 hours of flight ops. What a show.
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posted on
06/01/2003 7:19:21 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(my dogs ran from the room when they heard Hillary shrieking on the radio)
To: Thebaddog; xrp; prairiebreeze; doug from upland
Huh? USS Kitty Hawk has been in commission longer than the USS Constellation.Correct. However, Connie's keel is actually the original keel for Kitty Hawk. A fire during construction caused the swap. So old salts have a fun time with birthdates (keel-laying vs. commissioning).
USS CONSTELLATION is the world's largest conventional powered aircraft carrier. And she was the last ship I served on as part Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group 1.
This was her last ride.
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posted on
06/01/2003 7:49:46 PM PDT
by
DakotaGator
(Shed a tear for a grand old lady, USS CONSTELLATION.)
To: Thebaddog
Yes, she is retiring!
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posted on
06/01/2003 10:06:43 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Name an honest democrat? I can't either!)
To: veronica; Ozzy; Gregory B
Welcome home, Constellation!
Hurry home, Vinson! [And VFA-147!]
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posted on
06/01/2003 10:46:47 PM PDT
by
Brian Allen
( Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God - Thomas Jefferson)
To: DakotaGator; doug from upland
This was her last ride.Just came across this haunting photo of the Connie sliding silently past Fort Rosecrans National Military Cemetery as she was being towed to Bremerton to be laid up. Photo taken 9/12/2003.
Thought you might enjoy.
HiRez version here
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posted on
10/24/2003 4:17:39 PM PDT
by
Al B.
To: Al B.
Thanks for your post # 13. A grand old lady slipping silently away.
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