Youngster!
This is me straight from Great Lakes heading for AOA school at JAX, 1964.The start of the biggest adventure of my life. Climbed all over A4's and served with some great people, one of them was BzB.
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Youngster!
This is me straight from Great Lakes heading for AOA school at JAX, 1964.The start of the biggest adventure of my life. Climbed all over A4's and served with some great people, one of them was BzB.
A Boomer...hell yes!
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Plan “A” Retired
Youngster!
The start of the biggest adventure of my life. Climbed all over A4's and served with some great people, one of them was BzB.
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Nice!
What F-14 squadrons were you in?
My first command was VF-31 circa 1988.
Love the old photos everyone.?
F-14's? Crusaders and Phantoms were the fighters of my day (F-8's and F-4's). I was in CAW 4 and worked on A-4 Skyhawks (VA-44). I stayed in 44 my whole tour, they wouldn't let some of us transfer. Oh we did all sorts of stuff TAD, but our home was VA-44 (the east coast A-4 RAG), Cecil Field. NAM was heating up and A-4 pilots and ground crews were needed, so there we stayed to train. We even trained the different Israeli squadrons when they acquired Skyhawks. We were on the go constantly, quals or in Yuma for bombing practice. Loved Yuma! We'd go to San Luis after work, and we didn't go there for bible study.
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Well somebody had to read books to the kids at the orphan home.F-14's? Crusaders and Phantoms were the fighters of my day (F-8's and F-4's). I was in CAW 4 and worked on A-4 Skyhawks (VA-44). I stayed in 44 my whole tour, they wouldn't let some of us transfer. Oh we did all sorts of stuff TAD, but our home was VA-44 (the east coast A-4 RAG), Cecil Field. NAM was heating up and A-4 pilots and ground crews were needed, so there we stayed to train. We even trained the different Israeli squadrons when they acquired Skyhawks. We were on the go constantly, quals or in Yuma for bombing practice. Loved Yuma! We'd go to San Luis after work, and we didn't go there for bible study.