By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Travis Alston,
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Public Affairs
USS CARL VINSON, At Sea (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS
Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 recently launched
and recovered the 10,000th aircraft of the current deployment.
An Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 116 "Sun
Kings" E-2 Hawkeye completed the 10,000th launch; a Strike Fighter
Squadron (VFA) 81 "Sun Liners" F/A-18F completed the 10,000th
arrested landing.
"Ten thousand launches and arrested recoveries is a
significant milestone for this crew," said Capt. Karl Thomas, Carl
Vinson's commanding officer.
"What is truly amazing is the full availability of four
catapults and four arresting wires every day for the duration of an extended
deployment. It was truly a great job by all involved."
Thomas also expressed his gratitude to the pilots and
Sailors assigned to CVW 17 during a daily 1MC announcement to the crew.
"The ship and air wing mission go hand-in-hand,"
said Thomas. "We can't get 10,000 traps without the air wing involved. The
coordinated efforts of the ship and air wing are what made this milestone
possible.
It's not just air department; it's navigation, it's reactor,
engineering and supply; you name the department, everyone had a part in what we
did to make this happen."
Carl Vinson is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of
operations supporting maritime security operations and theater security
cooperation efforts in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
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