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- Title
Sunliners on the Go.
- Authors
Viernes, Chris
- Abstract
The article discusses the completion of a Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMTUEX) for the Sunliners of VFA-81 in CVW-17 aboard USS Carl Vinson CVN 70, off the coast of San Diego, California. The training has challenged VFA-81 while working in conjunction with Carrier Strike Group ONE (CSG 1) for deployment in the Pacific. VFA-81 has achieved 100 percent sortie completion rate, executed over 400 missions, flown more than 7-- hours, and using 23,000 pounds of ordnance.
- Subjects
SAN Diego (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; FLIGHT testing; JET fighter planes testing; AERIAL gunnery; AIR-to-air missiles; RAPID-fire guns; ORDNANCE testing
- Publication
Wings of Gold, 2011, Vol 36, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
0274-7405
- Publication type
Article