Shortly after FLTCYBER/C10F was established on 29-Jan-2010, the staff participated in its first major exercise, integrating a planning element into C7F for Terminal Fury 2010. Led by then C10F DCOM RDML Bill Leigher, C10F’s planning element consisted of various IW SMEs who embarked on USS BLUE RIDGE while operating in the South Pacific. Photo credit: Frank Sisto
On March 31st, Hornet tied up at Alameda NAS. On this same day, the Army B-25s were flown to Alameda from Sacramento. Hornet’s normal aircraft were stored below in the hangar deck since the B-25s would not fit in there. Within 24 hours, 16 of the Army bombers were loaded onto Hornet’s flight deck and tied down in the order of their expected launch position.
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While I appreciate those offering to mentor this outstanding young officer, mentorship from a LCDR, CDR, or CAPT who has not served at sea as a division officer in years is not what is needed right now. What this officer—and every officer—needs is meaningful, relevant training. Not death by PowerPoint, and not an eight-hour STALLION lab they completed years before ever stepping onboard their first ship.
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On 1 April 2001, a U.S. Navy EP-3 signals intelligence aircraft flying a steady cruising speed, steady on altitude and on its assigned reconnaissance track was repeatedly buzzed by a Chinese Navy J-8II interceptor fighter jet. On the Fighter Pilot’s last harassing fly-by buzz…..he flew so close to the EP-3 that his fighter canopy flew through the prop-arc of the EP-3 causing the EP-3 to abruptly roll losing altitude. Solely due to the strength the Pilot in Command, he was able to wrestle the EP-3 back into level flight. Fortunately for all, the only life lost was that of the offending Chinese Fighter Pilot.
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