Virginian-Pilot


DATE: Wednesday, May 21, 1997               TAG: 9705210491

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 

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AIRCRAFT IN ``TR'' BATTLE GROUP RETURN TODAY

A dozen carrier-based F-14 Tomcat fighters and four E-2C Hawkeye radar planes are scheduled to return today in advance of the returning Theodore Roosevelt battle group.

The ``Swordsmen'' of Fighter Squadron 32 are expected to land at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach about 1:30 p.m., and the ``Sea Hawks'' of Carrier Early Airborne Warning Squadron 126 are due at Norfolk Naval Air Station about 9:30 a.m.

They are the only aircraft from the ``TR's'' Air Wing 3 that are based in Hampton Roads. The others, consisting of S-3 Vikings, Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets, EA-6B Prowlers H-60 Sea Hawk helicopters, will return to bases in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Washington. KEYWORDS: U.S.S. ROOSEVELT HOMECOMING



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