R1, so you know, DESRON has adopted the current CAG/DCAG model. Most DESRONs now have Commodore and Deputy Commodore (Both O-6s), with a fleet up process.
Must be a good model.
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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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R1, so you know, DESRON has adopted the current CAG/DCAG model. Most DESRONs now have Commodore and Deputy Commodore (Both O-6s), with a fleet up process.
Must be a good model.
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A couple of years ago, the Wieners at Oceana had D-Day stripes. Not sure if they still do, but they do add a bit of pizazz.
The runways in the picture... they laid dirt and planted grass on some of them. Flattest soccer field I ever played on!
Refueling Buddies
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion from the Heavy Marine Helicopter 464 Detachment A and a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk from the 303rd ExpediRonary Rescue Squadron refuel from a U.S. Air Force MC-130 from the 81st ExpediRonary Rescue Squadron during a familiarizaRon flight, Jan. 29, 2013. The HMH-464 relinquished the Marines’ 10-year personnel recovery mission to the newly formed 303rd EQRS. The squadron will continue to ensure CJTF-HOA provides responsive medical evacuation support and personnel recovery for all U.S. personnel in East Africa.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Young)
The patch on the flight suit below is USS CAVALLA (SSK-244), my last duty station as an ET2 (SS), prior to entering flight training as a NAVCAD in 1956. At that time, if you were a prior you were authorized to wear 1 patch from a previous command on your flight suit, & any earned qual badge/ribbons on your NAVCAD dress uniforms.
The patches below are 2 different color versions of the flight suit patch.
BzB
Very cool...The patch on the flight suit below is USS CAVALLA (SSK-244), my last duty station as an ET2 (SS), prior to entering flight training as a NAVCAD in 1956. At that time, if you were a prior you were authorized to wear 1 patch from a previous command on your flight suit, & any earned qual badge/ribbons on your NAVCAD dress uniforms.
BzB
May be even better nowadays…what with the "explosive bolts" that seem to come on the Command badges…R1, so you know, DESRON has adopted the current CAG/DCAG model. Most DESRONs now have Commodore and Deputy Commodore (Both O-6s), with a fleet up process.
Must be a good model.
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boostadikt
VFA-106
Sorry boostadikt but many of your photos are from Life magazine ane were therefore copyrighted. You can't post copyrighted materials. You can post a link to them if you want. HAL Pilot.
That is some gorgeous stuff. "Think I'll shift into Number 1 Dress Blue and take my Seafire for several laps around the cricket pitch. Ta-ta for now…don't hold tea for me."
The Royal Navy put arresting gear on Spits and Hurricanes (and other goodies). Like R1 posted it was renamed the “Seafire”.
They were allowed to grow a pretty bitching beard, too. It's a wonder the allies even won the war!
Malo83
Keep the Faith
USS Sable, USS Wolverine.
Carrier training in WW2, from the Wix board
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48962
Carrier training in WW2, from the Wix board
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48962
WEGL12
VT-28
USS Sable, USS Wolverine.
Carrier training in WW2, from the Wix board
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48962
Here are a few pictures of a Wildcat that crashed in 1944 shortly after taking off from the USS Sable. The plane was recovered from Lake Michigan this past December.
Link to the article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...e-found-lake-michigan-front_62204_600x450.jpg
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