PAGE 2 WWW.NORTHWESTNAVIGATOR.COM NorthWEst NAviGAtor> WHIDBEY EDITION • Friday, MARCH 25, 2011 Deputy assistant SECDEF visits FFRCNW Ten-year anniversary for Hainan Island incident By AE2 Bill Myre port to war fighters around FRCNW the world. As the older air- By Lt.j.g. The Chinese returned the John R. Burngasser Deputy Assistant craft, EA-6B Prowler, P-3C EP-3 aircraft to the United VQ-1 Secretary of Defense for Orion and EP-3 Aries begin States government after a Maintenance Policy and to “sundown,” parts avail- On April 1, 2001, a mid- thorough examination and Programs, John Johns, vis- ability declines and local air collision between a a partial disassembly. On ited Fleet Readiness Center manufacture is often the United States Navy EP-3E July 3, the disassembled air- Northwest on March 8. only solution to be able to Aries II surveillance aircraft craft was flown back to the keep jets flying. Johns, who oversees and a People’s Liberation United States on a Russian Johns received a quick the DoD’s annual $90 bil- Army Navy J-8II Finback An-124-100 Antonov. brief on the J-52 engine’s lion maintenance program occurred off the coast of To commemorate the new Golden Bearing, budget, began the visit Hainan Island, China. The 10-year anniversary of this designed to show wear well by addressing FRCNW’s crew of PR-32, assigned to incident and the safe return in advance of failure and Fleet Air Reconnaissance of the 24-man aircrew, VQ-1 Sailors, Marines, and civil- resolving a chronic problem AE2 Bill Myre Squadron One (VQ-1) will be hosting a remem- ians. His message to the in the EA-6B. technicians and artisans Machinery Repairman 1st Class Jason Putney shows John Johns, based out of Kadena Air brance at 2 p.m. on Friday, Concluding his visit, April 1 at the NAS Whidbey was clear: the work being Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Maintenance Policy and Base, Okinawa, Japan was Johns addressed FRCNW Island Officersí Club. A slide done at FRCNW has a Programs, the ALQ-99 RAT Generator during a recent the tour of forced to make an emergen- Sailors who have gone or cy landing at the Chinese- show of the Hainan Island direct, positive impact on FRCNW’s Machine Shop. are scheduled for IA or GSA the front lines of the global controlled Lingshui airfield. Incident will be presented by duty. After the collision and five members of the PR-32 war effort. the experience and tal- vide corrosion treatment “The Army and Marine subsequent emergency aircrew, Lt. Cmdr. Richard At the Avionics/ ents of the civilian artisans and apply the powder coat- Corps thank each and every landing, the American crew D. Payne, Chief Aviation Armament Division, the dis- working side by side with ing that gives the Naval Air one of the Sailors that volun- was detained for eleven Machinistís Mate Regina P. cussion focused on the work military technicians can’t be Station’s Support Equipment teer for these activities,” said Kauffman, Chief Aviation being done on the Tactical overstated,” said Johns. “Not its distinctive white color, Johns, who Johns person- days while United States Machinistís Mate Wendy S. Jamming System (TJS) and only do our Sailors gain then visited the Machine ally thanked each deployer, and Chinese diplomats dis- its implementation on the valuable training otherwise Shop where he was given a presenting them each with agreed over the cause of the Hermandorfer, Cryptologic EA-18G Growler. The TJS unavailable, the civilian demonstration of FRCNW’s a coin. “The role that every incident. The Chinese gov- Technical Technician 1st is critical in countering artisans complete mainte- fabrication abilities. Sailor in this room plays is ernment was persuaded to Class Bradford J. Borland, IEDs and neutralizing other nance that wouldn’t be pos- “Being able to manufac- critical towards the defense release the crew only after and Aviation Electronics electronic weapons on the sible without them.” ture parts no longer avail- of our nation.” Washington, D.C., issued Technician 1st Class Scott battlefield. In FY-10, civilian artisans able in the supply system is Prior to assuming the the “Letter of Two Sorries” L. Guidry. They will discuss Johns visited the saved over $12 million per- vital in continuing to sup- role of Deputy Assistant on April 11. This official their experiences during the Instrument Repair Shop forming repairs that would port aircraft reaching the Secretary of Defense, Johns statement expressed sorrow incident and facilitate a dis- which has benefitted tre- have otherwise been sent end of their service life,” was a key leader in the tran- and regret for the death of cussion of the incident after mendously from the incor- off station said Johns. sition of the Navy’s Aircraft the J-8 pilot, Wang Wei, and the presentation. poration of depot-level Johns toured the Bead This capability allows Intermediate Maintenance for the landing at Lingshui All active duty military civilian artisans. Blasting and Powder Coating FRCNW to provide unin- Department facilities to airfield without proper members are welcome to “The benefit of having facility where Sailors pro- terrupted flight-line sup- Fleet Readiness Centers. clearance. attend. 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