"Sierra Hotel" Flight Suits

[Schnugg]

Oh you missed out on the follow-up cruise on Vinson w/ -22 (replaced -211) wearing their bright red bags. Thing is, they didn't "stay" bright red and some were leaning toward the pink side. Good guys, not so good attire...

Do you mean The VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks???

Is that a camel toe?

 

[Single Seat]

Is that a camel toe?

 

[OldNavy]

What happened to wearing the standard green zoombag with the squadron designated flight deck jersey color underneath?

Which in HSL West was:

HSL-31 = Green Jersey
HSL-33 = Yellow Jersey
HSL-35 = Red Jersey
HSL-37 = I have no idea (any Rainbow Warriors out there that can fill in this gap?)

Wish I still had my gabardine cracker jacks with the liberty cuffs!

HSL-34 (HSL East) I believe was green (Greencheckers) I was in HSL-32 also, but I stayed intoxicated and didn't notice the color of the Jerseys

 

[HuggyU2]

Single Seat,
The fact that you found that looked for, and found, that picture is disturbing. :watching3

 

[ChunksJR]

I see Strike guys all the time with them on, so it's still very much alive and well.

Exactly as stated before...we all know jet guys are gay.

 

[Uncle Fester]

We had black "Friday bags"...which pretty much ensured no one else in the air wing wanted to get them. Who wants to look like they're trying to be like the Fat Kids?

 

[UCbearcat]

I know Renegade said not "goofy party suites", but are these anything similar to the suites some of the Air Force guys wore in Vietnam to parties? I went to the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio a few weeks ago and saw a lot of them in a glass case. I thought that they were pretty nifty looking.

 

[BigIron]

Ships company on my boat wears them on Fridays. Granted they are regular flight suits, but they have embroidered rank, wings, and etc... I don't mind wearing it, but there are some haters.

 

[Goober]

Do you mean The VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks???

Great bunch of guys; but man...stick w/ the green bags...

 

[Renegade One]

Yeah...I'm talking about SH "party suits"...we usually had 'em made out in town in the Philippines; usually out of polyester, so they weren't suitable to actually fly in. A lot of the posts above are about tricking out your normal flight suits for everyday flying attire...that's not what I mean. I guess you'd have to have been in the Cubi O'Club during an airwing party..with every single squadron and det wearing their own version of shit hots...to really get what I mean. I always thought the very "coolest" were the guys in CORAL SEA's E-1 det...they had "Evel Knievel" white shit hots with the reverse confederate striping down the arms and legs and in a V down the chest. Now THAT was shit hot...but maybe you had to be there...

 

[Renegade One]

Here's a link to the only pic I could find on the web...VF-51 back when they were flying F-8's:

http://www.screaming-eagles.org/Pictures/1970_Sqd_SHs.jpg

and note the matching white scarfs on some of the guys with the Screaming Eagle embroidery...and the cowboy boots, of course.

I dunno...come to think of it...maybe we were gay...not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

[badger16]

Here is the homecoming video from VF-213. They are actually flying in their blue bags.

 

[A4sForever]

Here's a link to the only pic I could find on the web...VF-51 back when they were flying F-8's:....

HEY!!! I recognize 3-4 of those Rhinestone Cowboys ... especially Tooter.

 

[Schnugg]

Hey Spike...Done Cubi O'Club many times (phew)...always a good time.

I personally liked the cute waitresses in their customized shit hots better than any air wing bubbas.

 

[JIMC5499]

Single Seat,
The fact that you found that looked for, and found, that picture is disturbing. :watching3

That he thought to share it with us is even more disturbing, not to mention nauseating.