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COMMANDING OFFICER

flFLE ET POST OFFICE. NEW YORK OBbOl VAW-125/00/alm5750Ser: C3-8021 February 1980enclosure s (2) , (4) and (7 ) )

From: Commanding O ff ic er , C a rr ie r Air bo rne E a rl y Warning SquadronONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVETo: Ch ie f o f Naval Operat ions (OP-0502)Subj : Command H i s t o r y (OPNAV Re po rt 5750-1 )Ref: (a ) OPNAVINST 5750.12CEnc l : (1) Command Organization and Mission(2 C h r o n o l o g i c a l I t i n e r a r y ( C)

( 3 Bio gra phy o f Comnander .H aro ld E. SELIGSON, USN(4 ) Special Topics (C)(5 ) YAW-1 25 O f f i c e r Precedence L i s t( 6 ) YAW-125 En1isted Personnel Assigned(7 )I VAW-125 P e ri od ic Op erat in g Reports f o r 1979 (C)1. I n acco rdance w i t h r e fe ren ce (a ), Ca r r i e r A i r bo rne Ea r l y Warn ingSquadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE Command H i s t o r y i s subm i t ted asenc losures (1) th rough (7) .

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Copy to: D i r e c t o r o f N avy H i s t o r y COMNAVAI RLANT .

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COMMAND ORGAN IZATION AND MISSION 1. The Command. The Squadron I s Commandi ng O ff ic e rs : d u ri n g th e y e a r 1979and th e i r dates o f comnand were as fo l lo ws :

Commander W i l l i a m J , MOOBERRY 1 October 1978 - 26 October 1979Commander Harold E. SELIGSON 26 Octob er 1979 - Present

2. The M is si on o f VAN-125a. The p ri m a ry m i s s io n o f YAW-125 i s t o p r o v i d e u n i t s o f t h e f l e e tw i t h ea r l y de tec t i o n and warni ng o f approach i ng enemy f o rces . The p r i n c i p l ei s as o l d as war f a re i t s e l f , bu t as p rac t i ce d by YAW-125, i nvo l v es t h euse o f l o n g r a ng e r a d a r and s o p h i s t i c a t e d c o m pu te r -c o nt ro l l e d e l e c t r o n i c

sys tems t o de tec t , i d e n t i f y and re po r t enemy con tac t s wh i l e s t i 11 manymiles from the Task Force.b. The squad ron's a i r c r a f t , th e Grumman b u i l t E-2C I'HAWKEYE", i s at w i n e n g in e t u rb o - pr o p c ap ab le o f r e a c h in g a s t a t i o n w e l l ahead o f t h efor ce a t speeds up t o 300 knots and a l t i tu d e s t o 30,000 fee t . The E-2Cw i t h i t s 80 f o o t w i ng span a nd g ro ss w e i g ht o f ov e r 25 t on s , i s one o ft h e l a r g e s t a i r c r a f t o pe ra te d fro m t h e deck o f an a i r c r a f t c a r r i e r . Thecrew c o n s i s ts o f a p i l o t , c o - p i l o t , combat i n f o r m a t i o n c e n te r o f f i c e r , a i rc o n t r o l o f f i c e r and f l i g h t t e ch n i ci a n , who f l y t h e a i r c r a f t and o pe ra teth e complex e le c t r o n ic equi pment whIch i t ca r r ie s . Th is equipment ,co l e c t i e l y ca l l ed t h e A i r bo rne T ac t i c a l Data System, fo rms an a i r bo rn eextens ion o f th e modern Navy Ta ct i c a l Data Sys tem employed aboard a l l o four newer warships. The hea r t o f th e ATDS i s a pow erful , l on g range radarwh ich t r ansm i t s i t s energy t h rough t h e 24 f o o t r o t a t i n g antenna dome a topt h e a i r c r a f t .c. C on ta ct s d e t ec t ed by t h e ~ a d a r r e a na ly ze d and i d e n t i f i e d b ycompu ter-cont rol 1ed e l ec t ro n i c subsystems wh ich s i mu l t aneous l y d i sp l a y t hec o n t a c ts t o t h e o p e ra t o rs and a u t o m a t i c a l l y r e p o r t them b ack t o t h eTask Force Comnander. The E-2C a l s o has a Pass ive De te ct io n System wh ichcan a i d i n t h e p o s s i b l e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f unknown c o n t a ct s and d e t e c t i o no f enemy a i r c r a f t o r s h i p s b e f o r e th e y w o ul d be w i t h i n r a d a r r an ge . I f ac o n ta c t i s a t h r e a t t o t h e f or ce , a i r c r a f t can be i mm e di at el y di sp a tc h edt o i n te r ce p t it, and i f necessary, destnoy it. The i n t e r c e p t i n g a i r c r a f t

a r e d i r e c t e d i n t h i s f l i g h t b y t h e E-2C's co mputer t h ro u g h a r a d i o D ataL i nk . T h is as su re s t h a t t h e a i r c r a f t re ach es a p o s i t i o n i n r e l a t i o n t ot h e t a r g e t t o p er m it f i n a l v i s u a l i d e n t i f i c a t i o n and a t ta c k .

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d. The inherent f lexibi l i ty of the ATDS, when operated by the highlyt raine d f l ig ht crews, a1 lows i t s use i n a variety of secondary missions.Significant among these are i t s use i n d i r ec t i n g Strike A i r cr a ft t o t h e i rt a r ge t s , as an au tomat ic r ad io r e lay to a s s i s t i n long range comnunications,and i n the vital role of control and coordination d u r i n g search and rescuemissions.

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CHRONOLOGICAL ITINERARY The f o l l o w i n g i s a c h r o n o l o g ic a l i t i n e r a r y o f VAW-125 a c t i v i t i e s f o r 1 979. 1 January8 January13 January

28 January9 February1 March1 A p r i l1 May1 Jurie10 June20 June1 J u l y1 August16 August30 August1 Septelrrber18 September

23 September27 September29 September12 October15 October20 October1 November17 November20 November27 November9 December14 December21 December

- 8 January- 12 January- 24 January- 24 January- 25 January- 26 January- 27 January- 8 February- 8 February- 28 February- 31 March- 30 Apr i l- 31May- 9 June- 19 June- 30 June- 31 Ju ly- 1 5 A u g u s t- 30 August- 31 August- 17 September- 22 September- 26 September- 28 September- 11 October- 14 October- 20 October- 311 October- 16 November- 20 November- 26November- 8 December- 13 December- 20 December- 31 December

I n p o r t : Na ple s, I t a l yASW WeekInpor t : Malaga , SpainT ra ns i t t o Rota, Spa inInpor t : Rota, SpainOPS : Eastern A t1a n t i cOUTCHOP : Rota, Spai nT r a n s i t t o N o r fo l k , V i r g i n i aA r r i v e P i e r 12Shore based NAS NorfolkShore based NAS NorfolkShore based NAS NorfolkShore based NAS NorfolkShore based NAS NorfolkTYT IShore based HAS N o r f o l kShore based NAS NorfolkShore based NAS N o r f o l kTYT I 1Shore based NAS N o r f o l kShore based NAS NorfolkTYT 111, Phase 1, JAX OP AreaI n p o r t : Maypor t , F lor idaT ra ns i t t o Puer to R i co OP AreaTYT I11, Phase 2/COMPTUEX 1-80 (Orange Fo rc e)ORET r a n s i t : Maypor t , F lor idaShore based NAS NorfolkShore based NAS NorfolkREFTRA: JAX OP AreaShore based NAS NorfolkT r a n s i t t o M e di te rr an ea nINCHOP: Rota, SpainMULTIPLEX 1-80I n p o r t : Marsef 11e, France

CLASSIFIED BY: CSM, VAN-125 DECL-ASSIFIEDDECLASSIFIED ON : 31 December 1986

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1. Operat ional StatisticsMONTH HOURS FLOWN FLIGHTS PER MONTH CARRIER LANDINGS CAT SHOTSJ A N FEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

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