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FLEET TACTICAL SUPPORT SQUADRON THIRTY

U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION

ALAMEDA. CALIFORNIA 94501

VR30/06omi

1 6 SEP 1970

From: Commanding Officer, Fleet Tactical Support Squadron THIRTY To: Chief of Naval Operations (ATTN~ 0~4502)

Sub j t Squadron Command His tory

Ref: (a) oI%AVINf?I! 5750012A

Fxlcl: (1) VR-30 Command History for calendar year 1969

1. In accordance with reference (a), enclosure (1) is forwarded.

2 5 j ? i h h E. J. RIVARD

Copy tot Director of Naval History

VR-30 C O m HISTORY: CALENDAR YWAR 1969 -- CIDWNOJXGY OF HIGHLIGHTS

1. April 21, 1969. CDR 15. J. RFJ.SRDy USN, became the squadron's

Executive Officer, replacing CDR W. D . CALHOUN, US??.

2. May 29, 1969. CDR L. A . SCHOEW, USN, relieved C J R T. PI. BOGART,

USN, as squadron Commaadiag Officer.

3. CDR , USWR, remained squadron Operatioas Officer

throughout the year.

. Juae 27, t o August 1, 1969, the squadron sent a detachment of two

C-1A a i r c r a f t onboard the USS HORNET (CVS-12) t o a s s i s t i n the Apollo

Eleven recovery.

5 . August 20, 1969, the squadroa was called unon, and res~omded t o a

request t o provide an a i r l i f t r e l i e f t o victims of Hurricane "Camille."

6. October 27 t o December 3, 1969, the squadroa sent three C-1.A a i r c r a f t

as a detachmert onboard the USS HORNET (CVS-12) t o a s s i s t i.n the Apollo

Twelve recovery.

7. October 11 t o December 24, 1969, C - l A a i r c r a f t and p i lo ts were sent

t o Danang, Republic of Viet Nam, t o supplement the "CODu a i r c r a f t

shortage due t o the grouading of the C-2A a i rcraf t .

BASIC WARMT IVE

BR-30 remaiaed permanently stationed a t Naval A i r Station, Alameda,

Califorria, with the squadron under the operational control amd admini-

s t r a t i a , commard of COMNAVAIRPAC . More spec i f ical ly , the squadroal s

o ~ e r a t i o n s are directed and conducted throuah NAEOESTPAC, who i s respor-

s ib le f o r the scheduliae and co-ordinatimg of t a c t i c a l suaport f l i g h t s in

the Eastern Pacific . Comma~diag Officers fo r the year were CDR T. M. BOGART, IJSN, who was

relieved by CDR L. A. SCHOELEN, USN, a t change of commaad ceremonies on

29 May 1969. Biographies of both CDR BOGART and CDR SCHOELEN are imcluded

i n the documertary amnexes. CDR SCHOELEN remained the Commanding Officer

f o r the r e s t of the p a r .

CDR E. J. RIVARD, USN, relieved CDR W.P. CALHOIJH, USN, as squadrota

Executive Officer on 21 April 1960 aad he r a i n e d Executive Officer

fo r the duration of the year. Operatiors were uader the direction of

CDR , USNR, throughout the year.

The missioa of the squadror, remained uachaaged, that is: t o provide

ae r i a l l og i s t i c s u p ~ o r t for Fleet Units and squadrons throughout the

contimental Uraited States, a d t o f l y p r io r i ty personnel, mail, aad

material from shore bases to the a i r c r a f t car r ie rs of the Pacific Fleet.

The souadron used two models of a i r c r a f t t o carry out i ts aission: the

Convair C-131 "Samaritan", aad t h e Gmvmnara C- lA "Trader."

The C-lA is used for Carrier Omboard Delivery (COD) missions, haviag

been the standard Navy WCodH a i r c r a f t fo r mom t h a ten pars. Ths C - U

carriea a load of 3,500 pounds of cargo, or up t o eight passengers, with

a crew of t h e . Special ~asignraents and daplsynlsnts for VR-30,s C-Uts

and t h e i r c ~ w s in 1969 included ths following:

1. 27 June 1969 t o 1 Auguclt 1969 -- a two plane detachment was assign-

ad onboard the USS HORNET (CVS-12) fo r tb Apollo Slewn recoverg. Ths

detachmnt consisted of four aviators and six enl is ted mchsmics/cmwslan.

The mission of the Apollo Eleven detachment was t o transport moon sampbs

and astronaut biological samples f r o m the HORNET t o Johnstone Island and

Hawaii a f t e r the recovary. A secondary mission uaa t o transport VIP White

Home personnel md ADM John S. McClrin, CINCPAC, who wema pmsent for the

re covary.

2. 27 October t o 3 Dscelaber 1969 -- a three plane detachmsnt was again

sent onboard the HORNET f o r ths Apollo Twslvs recovery. Tbe Apollo Twelve

detachmntts mission was essent ia l ly the spras a8 t ha t of thd Apollo D a n

detachmnt, i.e. transportation of moon samples and astronaut biological

samples from the HORNET t o Samoa after the recovery, plus VIP transportation

of ADM John S. McCain, CINCPAC. The Apollo Twelve detachment consisted of

six aviators and seven enl is tad support-personnel.

3 11 October t o 24 Deasrnber 1969, VR-30 urn called upon t o send two of

its C-1A a i rc ra f t and a cuarulative t o t a l of s i x p i lo t s t o Danang, Republic of

ViQt Warn, t o provide the aircraf't a r r r i e r s on nYankee Stationn with wCODn

service due t o the grounding of the C-2A. The first t h m pilots involved in

th i s requirement were given very ahort notice pr ior t o t h e i r departure f o r

Danang .

The second group of three VR-30 p i lo t s relieved the i n i t i a l group approx-

i m t e l y six weeks rafter the Danang "CODn detachment (under VC-5) was

ini t ia ted. The second group then aided i n tb training of VRC-50 p i lo t s

i n the C - U a i r c ra f t , with VRC-9 assuming control of the detachmnt short ly

after the beginning of 1970. Tha p i lo t s involved i n the Danang detachmnt

were : LCDR /1310 LCDR /1310 LCDR /1315 LT /1310 LT /1315 LTJG /1310

The C-131 has ths capacity t o carry forty-four passengers with baggage,

o r up t o 9,000 pounds cargo. Special assignments f o r the C-131 i n 1969 have

included numrous medical evacuation f l igh t s t o both c iv i l ian and military

fields. The C-131 waa also instrumental i n the rapid responae transportation

of r e l i e f supplies for the v i c t i m of hurricane RCpslillew along th Gulf Coast

on August 20th and 21st, A969. Ths squadron also operated two "VIP" config-

ured C-131's throughout the year for executive and VIP transportation.

Operational s t a t i s t i c s fo r numbgr of hours flown, cargo and baggage car-

r ied are included i n the documentary annems. The operation of both models

of squadron a i r c ra f t waa carried out sa t i s fac tor i ly despite obsolescewe and

maintenance-supply drawbacks. The a i rc ra f t parts supply work force was not

1-8 enough t o perform ;ill assigned tasks expeditiously, plus t h y were

hampered by suply's limited funds and i nab i l i ty t o stock all necessary parts.

Also, because of the age of VR-30's a i rcraf t , the fai lurn rate of parts was

re la t ive ly high, adding t o th6 already existant supply shortcomings.

In the area of camunity relations, t h e squadron Public Affaira Office

conducted twenty-nim tours of the squadron area and a i rc ra f t for outs id^

groups. The Public Affaira Office also sent out more than sixty-five news

releases concernbg the squadron, its personnel, and major evbnts.

Rstention and re-enlistment rates f o r 1969 we= as follows: First term

enlistees: of seventeen e l ig ib le one re-enlistlaent fo r a 6% average. For

el igible career personnel the ra te w a s 679, eight out of twelve eligible

m-enliatad.

Special. t ra ining conducted by the squadron included a training program

i n the C-1A a i r c r a f t f o r off icers on TAD from Pacific Fleet car r ie rs and

other units. !Phi8 program was i n i t i a t e d (with reference to COMNAVBIRPACINST

3740.11 ser ies of 31 July 1969) aa a familiarization and standardization

program i n tb C-lA t o cut down on Pacific Flnet acaidsnts f o r p i lo t s as-

signed t o fly ship and a ta f f C-Uts i n the Pacif'ic. During 1969 a total. of

eleven p i lo ts wrsra trained i n the VR-30 RTADn C-lA training program.

On the Naval. A i r S ta t ion the squadron was act ive i n both char i table

and a t h l e t i c filnctions . I n a th l e t i c s , t h e squadron continued its pol icy

of maximum par t i c ipa t ion i n a l l intramural spor ts . A s a r e s u l t of i t s

a t h l e t i c program the squadron ranked second i n the s t a t i o n ' s Captain's

Cup competition f o r the year and f i r s t i n basketbal l and swimming. 811-30

stood secord i n golf , bowling, and handball, and t h i r d i n football . In

community a f f a i r s , the aquadron contributed $2112.60 t o the Combined

Federal Campaign, which represents a par t i c ipa t ion by 70% of squadron

pcr~onne l . Families of personnel attached t o VR-30 dist inguished t h e m -

se lves by winning over m h i r d of the a w a r a presented f o r the s t a t i o n s

"Home of the Month."

The Lbgal developements i n 1969 were many and varied. A legal aa-

siatance program was i n i t i a t e d with one f i l l - t i m en l i s t ed man i n charge

of the program. The l e g a l assistance program covemd such topics as:

voting, w i l l , leases, contracts , t x x a s , insu.rance, auto re gis t ra t ion , family-

budgeting e t c . The squadron had one General Court-Martial, one Special

Court-Martial and twqnty cases of Non-Judicial Punishment.

1. Biography of Commander T. M. BOGART:

Upon assuming cormnurd of VR-30 on 2 Apri l 1968, CDR BOGART b c m the

squadron's Commanding Off icer . CDR BOGART began his mil i t a ry career i n July 1 9 b by e n l i s t i n g i n the

U . S. Army Air Corps, ae rv i rg as a f l i g h t engineer u n t i l November 1945.

With the close of World War 11, CDR BOGART lef t the service t o a t t end San

Jose S t a t e College , graduating with a B.A. degree i n 1948.

CDR BOGART entared t he Aviation Training Program a t Pensacola, Florida,

as an o f f i ce r student. After graduation and designation as a Naval Aviator,

he joined VS-23 i n 1950. He subsequently served a tour of duty as an ASW

ins t ruc tor at FAETUPhC and as a f l i g h t i n s t ruc to r t r t Pensacola, Florida. In

1956 CDR BOGUZT reported t o VRF-32 followsd by a ae r i e s of aqud ron as-

s ignmnts i n l i g h t at tack, and CRAW in s t ruc to r duty i n VA-146 and vA-126

a t NAS Miramar.

CDR BOGART served on the s t a f f s of COMJTWINGPAC and COMNAV15IRPAC aa

the A i r T a r g e t s Officer commncing i n 1963 u n t i l report ing aboard the USS

VALLEY FORGE: (LPH-8) as the Ueapons Off icer from November 1965 t o January

1967. I n January 1967, CDR BOGART reported t o VRF-32 as the Executive

Officer. A f t e r h i8 t ou r as Colruaanding 0ff"icer of VR-30, CDR BOGART was

ass igmd t o ths o f f i c e of the C b f of Naval. Operations.

2. Bwgraphy of Commander L. A. SCHOEIEN:

CDR SCHOEIJ3N en l i s t ad i n ths U. S . Navy as an a i m r e c r u i t under the

Holloway Aviation Midshipman Program i n May 1946, and attended Sa in t Haryts

Collcgc u n t i l en te r ing P l igh t t ra in ing i n 1948 pa an Aviation Midshipman.

After graduation and &signation as a Naval Aviator, he reported t o VS-23

i n 1950 where ha served u n t i l 1953. After completing a tour aa a flighs

instructor a t Kingsville , Zexos, CDR SCHOEIElJ attended the University of

California, Loa hngeles, graduating with a B.S. degrees i n 1957.

CDR SCHOELRN then attended the Naval Air Intelligence School and aub-

sequently served aa Air Intelligence Officer aboard tb USS RANDOLPH

(CVA-ls), followed by duty Kith VS-30, VS-27, and W-24.

CDR SCHOEIJaa was rsaigned duty with the Naval. Air Developarant Center,

Johnsville, Pennsylvania from 1962 t o 1964, a d attended th4 Armd Force8

Staf f College, Norfolk, Virginia, graduating in Junury 1965, He then

served as Offiar-in-Charge of the Nava A i r Logistic Control Offlce,

Europe Representative, i n Naples, I ta ly , from 1965 to 1966. From 1966 to

1967, CDR SCHOEWN established a Naval A i r Logistic Control Office a t Rota,

Spain, followed by duty at! Aircraft Maintenance Officer, VR-24, a lso i n

Rota, Spain, CDR SCH0BZF:N assumed tha command of VR-30 on 29 May, 1969.

3. VEI-30 1s Mission and Objective, (Ref. CINCPACFLTINST lr630.2~)

(a) Emergency delivery of special weapons and associated personnel and

material t o tha f l e e t .

(b) Emergency delivery of c r i t i c a l personnel and mafarial t o maintain

f l e e t readitmas.

( c ) Airlift incident t o deployment o r mowrmnt of f l e e t uni t s and support

of f l e e t uni ts , w necessary, u n t i l lines of supply are established,

(d) A i r l i f t inoident t o t h e in te rna l administration of the Navy.

(e) Developnsnt of carrier-on-board delivery concepta wi th in the ca-

pabi l i ty of a i r c r a f t assigned.

( f ) Training of b a e m Fleet Tactical Support Squadron units on active

duty training.

8

C OMMENDAT LOFTS TfiEPa RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLCklING :

Let te r of Appreciation from the President of the United Sta tes

Let ter of Appreciation from the Secretary of Defense

Let ter of Appreciation from the Secretary of the IJavy

k t t e r of Conmendation from Commander i n Chief Pacific

Let ter of Appreciation from Commanding Officer USS HORNET (CVS-12)

5. Apollo Twelve crew l ist and l e t t e r s of appreciation.

C F ! l : ICDR ADRC LT AbE2 LT J G AH32 LTJG AD23 9 LTJG ADR3 LTJ? ATN3

ASEAN

Commendations were received from the following:

Le t te r of Appreciation from the President of t h e United S ta tes

Let ter of Appreciation fYom the Secretary of Defense

Let te r of Appreciation from the Secretary of %he Navy

Let ter of AFpreciation from the Chief of )lava1 Operations

Let ter of Commendat ion from Commander i n Chief Pacific

Le t te r of Coxmendation from Commander Naval A i r Force Pacif ic

7. Maintenance and F l igh t Data f o r 1969:

( a ) C-131 s t s t , i s t i c s :

C13 lF MA I"JTmNC2 A F D FLIGHT DATA JANUARY THROUSH DSCEMBER 1969 J A N F3B MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV D X

AVFIRA~:NO.A/C 3.2 5.9 5.7 4.7 419 4r7 5.1 6.0 6.0 k.5 5.0 5.0

TOTAL FLISHT YRS k90 563 428 h21 518 327 336 4% 466 427 281

DIMH PER FLT HR l a 2 8.6 11.8 10.4 10.4 l4.8 12.4 We2 11.3 13.4 12*3 a.8

(1) Passengers flown: 37,942

( 2 ) Baggage flm: 1,097,782 pds.

(3) Cargo flown: 1,075,121 1bs.

(b) C-U. S t a t i s t i c s

C I A I f l I m A N C E AND FLIGHT DATA JANUARY THPlOUSH DECEMBER 1969 JAN FEB MAR APil HAY JUll Jm, AUG SEP OCT IJOV DEE

AW3FUGENO. A/C 6.8 6.9 6.2 7.8 8.0 7.3 7.6 7.3 6.3 5.0 5.2 5.2

TOTAL FLTGHT HRS 371 381 309 339 361 327 369 467 340 207 124 207

DMMH P!Q? F I T HR 1l.e 10.6 13.0 13.9 11.9 13.8 10.9 13.2 12.9 18.7 16.0 24.6

(1) Passengers flown: 4,220

(2) Baggage flawn: 69,989 lbs .

(3) Cargo flown: 30,469 l b s .

( ) Total c a r r i e r landing: 726

( 5 Total ca tanul t launches: 300

(6) Total c a r r i e r s serviced: 11

( c ) The squadron operated a t o t a l of seven C-131's including two VIP

configured models and six C-lA1s f o r t h e year.

8. Personnel complement and o f f i ce r muster a t the end of t he year:

(a ) Enlis ted personnel onboard: 306

(b) Officer Fluster:

CDR Lawrence A. SCHOELEN 508255/1310 Ea r l J. RIVARD 5C7458/1310

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