For the Record

Naval Aviation News, May, 2001

The Navy's newest aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), was christened by former First Lady Nancy Reagan in a ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding, Va., on 4 March.

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., received several Navy contracts recently: a $36.4 million contract for FY 01 production of the Standoff Land Attack Missile--Expanded Response; a seven-year contract worth $150 million for continued support of F/A-18 Hornet, F-14 Tomcat and SH-60B Seahawk aircraft at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, NAS Fallon, Nev.; and a $69 million contract for low-rate initial production of 15 Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared systems and spares.

In February, the Naval Air Systems Command issued a directive reducing the inspection intervals for Navy and Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knights from 25 to 10 flight hours to monitor fatigue-related cracking in the forward longitudinal differential bellcrank.

The Department of Defense issued a reminder that the Korean War Service Medal is still available to veterans who served between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953, among other qualifications.