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  • Enemy subs a tricky target

    03/19/2006 3:50:10 PM PST · by A.A. Cunningham · 51 replies · 1,362+ views
    Honolulu Star Bulletin ^ | 19 March 2006 | Gregg K. Kakesako
    Enemy subs a tricky target Increasingly complex exercises train the Pacific Fleet to detect quiet new diesel craft By Gregg K. Kakesakogkakesako@starbulletin.comSEVENTY-FIVE MILES SOUTH OF OAHU » For nearly seven hours, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bill Perkins and his Kaneohe Bay-based P-3 Orion sub-hunting aircraft spent the night participating in an anti-submarine chess game. The mission of his Patrol Squadron 4 Skinny Dragons was to keep submarines away from the high-value target presented by the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier and its 75 combat jets. Other Orion squadrons participating in the anti-submarine warfare exercise that ended Tuesday were Kaneohe Bay's VP-9 Golden...