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Recent cruise aboard USS John C. Stennis:Persian Gulf / World Cruise 26 February 1998 - 26 August 1998 Embarked squadrons:
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| VF-11 had completed conversion from the F-14D to the F-14B by May 1997 and has also acquired a number of LANTIRN modified airframes. After receiving the modified aircraft the Red Rippers began intensive work-ups for their 1998 cruise, which features three firsts:-their first cruise as part of CVW-7, their first cruise with the F-14B and their first cruise with the LANTIRN upgraded F-14. This is also the first operational deployment of USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), the Navy's newest aircraft carrier. Having departed Norfolk on the 26th February 1998 USS Stennis crossed the Atlantic, Mediterranean and took up station in the Persian Gulf, relieving the USS George Washington. Since leaving the Gulf the carrier and airwing has traveled across the Pacific, visiting Perth, Australia in early August. Next stop was Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before arriving in the carrier's new home of North Island at the end of August. |
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