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UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION
1910-1995
1994-Contin ued
ment combined forces already in that region assigned
to enforce UN Security Council sanctions aimed at
restoring democracy to Haiti.
7 July
The popular name White Hawk was estab-
lished for the VH-60N, whose primary mission was to
provide worldwide executive transport in support of
the president and his staff.
31 July
Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen made her first
qualifying landing in an F-14A on board
Constellation,
110 miles southwest of San Diego, Calif. She thus be-
came the first fully qualified female Tomcat pilot.
Lieutenant Hultgreen was assigned to VF-213 at NAS
Miramar, Calif. Lieutenant Ug) Carey Dunai, also in an
F-14, became the second woman to reach the mile-
stone with her qualifying trap moments later.
17 August
Inchon
ARG returned to its home port of
Norfolk, Va. It was relieved by the
Wasp
ARG off the coast
of Haiti in support of Operation Support Democracy.
31 August
Five Navy MH-53 minesweeper heli-
copters arrived at MCAS Tustin, Calif., as the H-53 train-
ing of both Navy and Marine Corps personnel began to
consolidate. With the disestablishment of HM-12, the
Navy's H-53 fleet readiness squadron, the Marines as-
sumed the training responsibility in HMT-302.
Former president
George Bush, also
a
Naval Aviatordur-
ing World War II,
visited George
Washington in
August
1995
to
mm*
the 50th an-
niversary
of
V-J day.
12-13 September
A unique operation developed
due to the situation in Haiti.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
and
America
deployed with a large contingent of
Army helicopters on board, but no air wings. The car-
riers headed for the Caribbean in support of President
William Clinton's policy to restore democracy to Haiti.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
also embarked Navy squadrons
HS-7, HCS-4 and HC-2. This was the first time that
carriers deployed operationally with a large contin-
gent of Army helicopters and no air wing on board.
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America with
a
large contingent
of
army units aboard for deploy-
ment to Haiti.
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