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Bed Race Beirut Divers Devil Dogs encounter Marines leave Aku Marines go problems during Lebanon and down for fun Carole Kai race go aboard ship and excitement Story on Page B-4 Story on Page A-2 Story on Page B-1 HAWAII MARINE Voluntary payment for delis ery to Nic.AS housing/81 per four -week period. VOL. 13 NO. 13 ANEOHE 11A V. 11 MAIL MARCH 28, 1984 TWENTY PAGES F/A-18 Hornets appear over Kaneohe skies Operational readiness and survivability are important considerations on the modern battlefield. The Hornet has numerous survivability and redundancy features built into it to ensure that no matter what the mission, it can be turned around quickly for the next sortie. This is a modern state -of- the-art aircraft," said Maj. Paul Conner, operations officer for VMFA-531. "While we were on a training mission in Yuma (Marine Corps Air Station) recently, we turned out 45 sorties in one day; the squadron launched with 11 planes and finished with 11 planes. In either mode (fighter or attack) it is a superior aircraft." No aircraft, even the newest one, can fly without routine maintenance. Pilots as well as maintenance personnel had to transition to the F/A-I 8 from the F-4. Different aircraft require different maintenance procedures. "The big difference in this plane to the F-4 is the repair turn-around time," said LCpl. Joseph Pickerill, a plane captain with VMFA-53I. "I can take an F909 Ge 400 engine out in an hour. The old engine has BO many safety wires and connections, it took considerably mole time to do even the simplest of Maintenance procedures. "This plane is the best there is," Pickerill continued. "We've had the Hornets since May and I really enjoy working on them, The nice thing about the F/A-I8 is TECHNOLOGY IN TOW - AN F/A-18 Hornet, Attack Squadron-531 arrived here Thursday, becoming the first Marine that it was designed with the maintenariceman in mind. the Corp's newest fighter/attack aircraft is F/A-18 squadron to All the access panels that we use frequently are located carefully towed to its parking area on the cross the Pacific, at chest height, eliminating the flightline. Four Hornets from Marine Fighter need for work stands. airplane is a remarkable asset, one that will prove its "Another neat thing is the monitor and inspection Story and photo worth well into the future." computer that checks and trouble-shoots the aircraft," by Cpl. Pat Lewandowski The F/A-I8 Strike/Fighter has now replaced the said Piekerill. "We push a button and a maintenance aging F-4 Phantom in three Marine Corps determine the problem. This is definitely a step above Four F/A-I8 Hornets from Marine Fighter Attack fighter/attack squadrons. It is slated to replace all F-4s, the P-4." Squadron-531 arrived here Thursday from MCAS El complimenting the new AV-8B and A -4M. Toro, Calif. The F/A-18 Hornet is a lightweight fighter/attack According to Maj. Conner, the squadron brought their The Grey Ghosts of VMFA-531 were the first aircraft designed for carrier operations. It is a twin- planes and maintenance personnel to Hawaii to test its Navy/Marine F/A-18 squadron to cross the Pacific. engined single-seat, supersonic aircraft which has the Western Pacific contingency plan. After a six-hour flight, the Hornets spent two more capability of delivering more than 17,000 pounds of "It was cheaper to stop in Hawaii rather than hours buzzing the Pacific Missile Range Facility at ordnance to the enemy. continue on to Japan," said Conner. "The squadron Barking Sands, Kauai, firing Sidewinder and Sparrow -The-agile, control-by-wire Hornet (aircraft controls designed the training itself, to be as effective as possible missiles the first live missile shoot for the squadron. use electrical impulses rather than hydraulic or while still keeping within its training budget." the planes and pilots were put to the teat as they mechanical means) is powered by two General Electric', In addition to the missile shoot Thursday and the remained aloft for more than eight hours. F404-400 turbofan engines that provide 16,000 pounds a bombing/attack runs Friday, the squadron plans to "We flew more than eight hours and successfully thrust each. train this week with elements of MAG-24 in dissimilar completed 11 in-flight refueling evolutions," said Having the ability to carry large amounts of ordnance air combat. from Calif. Andrew Allen, a piled with VMFA-531. "It was means nothing if the aircraft stays on the ground due to The Grey Ghosts of VMFA-531 plan to disappear a long flight but our systems performed well. The maintenance problems. Hawaiian skies Friday. Honesty exemplified Money returned Story and photo by discovered I had the extra cash it; and when they do something SSgt. W.S. Saunders after I counted out my money to right, we tend to say that's pay some bills," said Moon.. "I expected and don't recognize it. I "Honesty is the rarest wealth turned the money in so that no one feel something like this should be anyone can possess." would get in any trouble." highlighted." These words by Josh Billings were exemplified by a Marine Moore credits his parents for his "I'm sure Moore knew nothing from Weapons Company, 3d honesty. "I owe my honesty to my would happen if he kept the Battalion, 3d Marines, who found parents. They raised me to be money. Because of the volume of himself with someone else's honest," said Moore. "I just checks cashed, there was no way it wealth. thought it was the right thing to would have been determined who 1,Cpl. Brett A. Moore, armorer, do." got the extra money," said Hayes. cashed his payroll check at the "Bringing the money back to Marine Corps Exchange here and the exchange was a superb "What he did was right and was given $100 too much by the indication of Moore's character," appreciated. and more people cashier. said Capt. M.B. Hayes, exchange should do the same. Moore is the Unaware of the extra cash, officer. "We tend to take a person's example of what we consider a Moore went back to work. "I discrepancy and hammer him for typical Marine.? LCpI. Brett A. Moore Lost and found articles claimed or auctioned Property Disposal Office in Pearl by Sgt. Ed Ware City, Hawaii. If the property is not claimed from the Property Disposal Office within an Mopeds, televisions and additional 90 days, it is auctioned. numerous bicycles top the current Owners may claim lost items list of items being held until April from either the Security 4 by the lost and found section of Department here or from the the Security Department here. Property Disposal Office in Pearl "Most of the property was left in City by presenting positive proof barracks or station housing areas of ownership, However, according and then turned in by units or to Bombrys, an item that has Station residents," explained already been auctioned cannot be Corporal Phillip Bombrys, lost claimed by the original owner. and found custodian for the Such property losses may be Security Department. prevented by registering bicycles "If the bicycles and mopeds had and mopeds at the Security city, county or Station decals, we Department's Pass/ID section, could easily track down the located at the main gate. There is owners," he added, no charge for registration and all TAKING INVENTORY - Cpl. Phillip will be released on April 4 to the Property According to Bombrys, lost decide issued remain valid as long Bombrys, lost and found section, inspects Disposal Office in Pearl City. (Photo by property is usually held for 90 as the bike or moped remains on some of the lost bicycles being held at the Cpl. Michael Mendez) days and is then released to the Station. Security Department. Unclaimed bikes Published by RED Publications, Inc., a private firm in no way connected'with the Department of the Navy or the U.S. Marine Corps. Opinions expressed by publishers and Writers herein are their own and not to be considered an official expression of the Department of the Navy or the 11.8. Marine Corps. The appearance of advertisements in this publication including inserts, does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Navy cu the U.S. Marine Corps of the firms, products or services advertised. Page A-2, March 28, 1984 Marines offshore from Beirut official present as Marines left the Author/commentator Andy At this writing, the situation in' by Capt. Keith Oliver sandbagged bunkers they called Rooney ("60 Minutes") tooled Beirut is relatively stable. What home since November 1983. through the Guam's passageways one Marine called a "blue-water BEIRUT, I.ebanon (delayed) - Aboard the USS Manitowoc, to show America how tier sailors turnover" is expected to take place' Redeployment Operations the ship's captain, CMDR. John D. and Marines were getting along this spring with the arrival of the weekend of Feb. 25 closed another Kelalta of Washington, D.C. was aboard ship. Two days alter, the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. as Then in, according to the schedule, chapter in Marine Corps openly as fleet received another visitor jubilant Golf these veterans of conflict in two involvement here as most of the Company's amphibian tractors Secretary of Defense Caspar clinics will sail west toward 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit roared away from Beirut's Green Weinberger awarded the men the Morehead City, N.C.

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