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Article: Welcome to the Land of NOD.(pilot fatigue)(Brief Article)
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- Approach
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- August 1, 2001
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I was enjoying a post-debrief PB-and-J in the dirty shirt, when I heard the bad news. CVW-1 had just completed its last air-wing strike at the end of a challenging COMPUTUEX-JTFEX. The flyoff was scheduled for early the next morning, and I was looking forward to being feet-dry in CONUS after seven week at sea.
My diligent Ops O haunted me down and said, "Have I got a good deal for you ..." The powers-that-be had decided that our air wing hadn't been stressed enough, and that another strike, to be scheduled on the morning of the flyoff (a Sunday, of all things), was in order, I was the lucky JO assigned the lead. "Another opportunity to excel," declared my boss.
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