THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, July 31, 1996 TAG: 9607310483
SECTION: MILITARY NEWS PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: 63 lines
WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT DISPLAY: The Confederate Air Force is sponsoring a World War II aircraft fly-in August 5 through 11 at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport. Highlights include the world's last flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress, ``Fifi'', and a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, ``Diamond Lil.'' Other aircraft scheduled to appear include a Curtiss C-46 Commando; a Lockheed C-60 Lodestar transport; and a Grumman Wildcat carrier-based fighter.
The display is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children under 12 and service members in military uniform. The Confederate Air Force's Old Dominion Squadron is based at Chesapeake's Hampton Roads Airport. For more information on the aircraft display, call (757) 838-3217 or (757) 497-7672.
NAVY EXCHANGE RELOCATES: The Navy Exchange located at Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet compound is moving to what was, until recently, the enlisted dining facility; the old exchange location will be turned into a fitness center. Several new services will be offered and a number of others consolidated in the new location. In addition to the exchange store, the facility will boast a sandwich shop, federal credit union, barber shop and travel agency. The exchange is scheduled to open Thursday.
NAUTICUS LECTURE SERIES: German U-boat patrols off the Virginia coast during World War II are the focus of a slide show and lecture by author Al Chewning at 7:30 p.m. today at the maritime center on the Elizabeth River waterfront. The free lecture in the facility's big-screen Nauticus Theater is part of the ``Deep Sea Treasures'' exhibit running through Aug. 25. For more information call 664-1000.
FRIGATE TESTS COMBAT SYSTEM: The guided missile frigate Kauffman recently completed an extensive test of its new combat system in Puerto Rico. After several months of shipyard work to replace and upgrade the missile fire control system, the ship conducted tests that included live firing of the Phalanx Close-in Weapons System against a simulated missile threat.
SMART SHIP PROGRAM: As part of the Navy's Smart Ship Program, the cruiser Yorktown recently tested a new navigation support system that enabled its crew to navigate from open ocean to an inland anchorage using nothing but the Voyage Management System. The Yorktown was automatically piloted to within 50 yards of one of the Navy's precision anchorages within sight of the Norfolk Naval Base.
CHANGE OF COMMANDG
Cmdr. Beverly Kelley relieved Cmdr. James Decker as commanding officer of the Portsmouth-based 270-foot Coast Guard cutter Northland. Kelley, the first woman to command a medium endurance cutter, reports to the area from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., where she graduated with a master of science degree in national resource strategy. Decker is going to Washington, to work in the office of architecture and planning for Coast Guard Headquarters.
Cmdr. Mark Kosnik relieves Cmdr. Jeffrey Weppler as commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke in a change of command ceremony onboard the ship at Pier 25, Norfolk Naval Station, at 10 a.m. Aug. 7. Kosnik reports from the joint operations directorate/division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. Weppler's next assignment is as director of the perspective commanding officer's course at Surface Warfare Officer's School in Newport, R.I.
Capt. Richard Buck relieves Capt. Paul Barry as commanding officer of the Navy Environmental Health Center. Buck was previously assigned as executive officer of the Millington, Tenn., Naval Hospital. Barry's next assignment is force medical officer, Marine Forces Pacific, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. by CNB