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THEY ARE BACK, IF ONLY
FOR A WHILE, BUT HOME IN
TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
CARRIER AIR WING SEVEN
FROM THE U- S-S
EISENHOWER FILLED THE
SKIES
OVER NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA
BEACH TODAY, AFTER
SIX-MONTHS DEFENDING
THE NATION HALF A WORLD
AWAY.
10 ON YOUR SIDE MILITARY
REPORTER, ART KOHN WAS AT
NAVAL AIR STATION
OCEANA WHERE FOUR
FLEW IN THIS
TIMING.
FOR THE AVIATORS AND
THEIR FAMILIES, CHRISTMAS
THIS
YEAR. AND WHILE THIS
HOMECOMING TOOK PLACE A
LITTLE SOONER THAN
PLANNED, IT WILL BE
SHORT-LIVED, WITH THE
EISENHOWER SCHEDULED TO
REDEPLOY IN ABOUT TWO
MONTHS. THAT STILL
LEAVES TIME TO ENJOY THE
HOLIDAYS.
THE MESSAGE PRINTED ON
THIS LITTLE GIRL'S SIGN
SAYS IT ALL.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE
HOME, ESPECIALLY WHEN
DADDY IS THERE.
(SOUND OF JETS FLYING
THE "JOLLY ROGERS"
SQUADRON MADE A GRAND
ENTRANCE THAT WAS EASY TO
SPOT, EVEN WITH JUST ONE
EYE. (SOUND OF JET
TAXIING IN)
AS THE F-18S TAXIED IN,
FAMILY MEMBERS KNEW THE
MOMENT THEY HAD BEEN
WAITING FOR WAS ALMOST
EVEN
IN THE COCKPIT.
"DADDY!!!" ON THE TARMAC,
HUGS AND KISSES
FOR EVERYONE, ALONG WITH
A FEW TEARS, TEARS OF
JOY. THE LAST SIX
MONTHS HAVE NOT BEEN EASY
FOR 13- YEAR OLD JAMIE
WEIBLE.
"IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART
THAT I FINALLY GET TO SEE
HIM. (PAUSES TO
COMPOSE HERSELF), I'M
JUST REALLY HAPPY."
HER DAD WILL BE CALLED
BACK INTO ACTION IN JUST
ABOUT TWO MONTHS
TIME.
"IT'S GREAT THAT WE GOT
TO COME HOME, CONSIDERING
WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED
TO COME HOME FOR ANOTHER
THREE MONTHS SO..."
HAVING LOGGED MORE THAN
10- THOUSAND ARRESTED
LANDING
IN THE LAST YEAR, THE USS
EISENHOWER'S FLIGHT DECK
IS IN
NEED OF SOME REPAIR.
"THE AIR WING AS WELL AS
THE EISENHOWER AND THE
STRIKE GROUP
COMMANDER FELT IT BEST TO
COME BACK AND REFRESH THE
FLIGHT DECK AND
GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GO BACK OUT FOR SOME
USEFUL, FRUITFUL
WORK IN DEFENSE OF THE
COUNTRY."
"IT'S A BUMMER. IT
STINKS BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE
PROUD OF WHAT HE DOES
AND HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES
AND AS LONG AS HE'S HAPPY
DOING IT WE'RE
HAPPY, HAPPY LIVING THE
LIFE." AND ON THIS DAY,
LIFE IS GOOD.
BY THE WAY, THE REASON
THE EISENHOWER IS BEING
REDEPLOYED
SO SOON IS TO ENABLE THE
NAVY TO MAINTAIN A TWO
CARRIER PRESENCE
IN THE GULF REGION WHILE
THE USS NIMITZ IS BEING
REPAIRED, THAT
WORK RUNNING A LITTLE
BEHIND SCHEDULE. THE USS
EISENHOWER WILL
ARRIVE AT NAVAL STATION
NORFOLK TOMORROW, 10 ON
YOUR SIDE WILL BE
THERE TO MEET HER. ART