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For A-6 Intruder Lovers.....
- Thread starter Catmando
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It mentioned a Navy pilot with a Marine B/N...did this really happen in fleet squadrons?
We had a Marine LSO who was learning trade so he could go back to his A-6 squadron that was scheduled to deploy aboard carrier.
The reverse has also taken place. When Coral Sea (CV-43) deployed with 4 Hornet squadrons (2 Navy + 2 Marine), a Navy LSO, who later became the Airlant LSO, was assigned to the Marine squadron for workups and deployment.
As a matter of fact, that was same timeframe so maybe there was a trade!
Here's one of my favorite A-6 shots; first iron on deck for opening round of Desert Storm
HJ Photo
Wish I had a pic of our CAG-5 Intruders loaded up with 20+ (A-6 guys help me here I can't remember the exact number) MK-20 Rockeye about a week into DS. They were working the Al-Faw AAA emplacements. It was an impressive load on one aircraft.
HJ or any other photo experts out there ever come across those photos?
HJ or any other photo experts out there ever come across those photos?
Alas, those were high water mark of wet film so reqally tough to run down images. Many carriers (photo labs/PAO shops) kept images for themselves (DV visits/cruise book) and never sent them into CHINFO.
One of my favorite A-6 shots ... 
photo by A4sForever
photo by A4sForever
The link referred to CAG Sheets (Navy) and a USMC A-6 squadron that cruised w/ the CORAL SEA/CORAL MARU's Air Wing 15 ... so that would make sense in this case as CAG could fly anything he chose ....
Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation, Pt. 2
It's been happening for a long time; it's usually situational. I was TAD'd to the 1st MAW to workup two USMC squadrons -- one F-4 and one A-6 -- that had a large combined percentage (>50%) of Air Force trained & winged USMC pilots who had never seen the blunt end of the BOAT in their USMC flying career to that point ...
We also had a wrecking crew of Aussie LSO's that made one complete workup & cruise w/ us -- they were getting their eyes & ears calibrated for the S-2 and there wasn't enough deck-time in the RAN for them to get their experience & quals "in house" ... the upside: they took their "mentor"
D) back to the ship w/ them for a few weeks of "exchange duty" ... a very good deal, one might add.
Ahh I didn't read closely enough. CAPT (O-6 type) With a Capt. (O3 type) probably shoulda dropped the cluebomb on me...
I'll chalk this one up to the Navy sponsored camping trip I'm about to go on, to wild and wonderful Maine.
I'll chalk this one up to the Navy sponsored camping trip I'm about to go on, to wild and wonderful Maine.
Ehhhh ... that's "easy" ... How 'bout a pix of a double-ended refueling hose .... ?? W/ an "Ugly" attached to each end ... ???
photo by A4sForever
How 'bout a pix of a double-ended refueling hose .... ?? W/ an "Ugly" attached to each end ... ??? 
photo by A4sForever
navyao
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Hope you guys don't mind me jumping in here but outta curiosity, how many of you flew AGM-123B Skipper? When I was in Enterprise VA-95 flew it with some success during Op. Praying Mantis. We had a lot of airfoil kits, control guidance and those big rocket motors it seemed pretty darn popular. When I cross decked to 114 in 92' I of course didn't see it anymore and it kind of fell off the radar. As an AO, it was an awesome weapon; iron bomb with missle stuff hung on it - cool! Just curious.