Stories of Honor: Navy "plane captain" Jeff Kindrick aboard USS Enterprise's 63-days at seas |
Curt Synness For the Independent Record Navy veteran Jeff Kindrick made two WESTPAC cruises with Attack Squadron VA-97 and Carrier Air Wing CVW 14 aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, from 1971-72 and 1972-73. These stints included a record-setting 63 days at sea. When the Air Wing 14 squadrons flew the last combat sorties of the Vietnam War, on January 27, 1973, Kindrick was serving at CVW-14 Beach Detachment, Naval Air Station at Cubi Point, Subic Bay, Philippines. A well-known Helena name, Kindrick Legion Field is named in honor of Jeffâs late father, WWII v...