Friends, family and fellow shipmates crowded into the David
Adams Memorial Chapel and the C-9 auditorium on Naval Station
Norfolk, Aug. 23 to remember three fallen aviators from Carrier
Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 120. The three E-2C Hawkeye
pilots, Lt. Cameron N. Hall, Lt. Ryan K. Betton and Lt. j.g. Jerry
R. Smith, were killed on Aug. 15 while conducting training
operations from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN
75).
Survival Systems USA Inc. has trained military personnel,
civilians and federal employees how to survive aircraft ditchings
for the last 25 years. Some Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps Forces,
Pacific Marines got their chance Aug. 20-22. Out of every 50,000
military flight hours, there is at least one helicopter
ditching.
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