Which AW personality would you most like to meet?

[JollyGood]

Hopeful Hoya. I just want to know what someone who scored 80 9/9/9 is like.

Hint:

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

I went to Cecil once and was intrigued with all the space. I was inbound to Pensacola and got stuck there for Mx issues. Never again.

I was surprised it was in the middle of no where, I'm just glad I was able to get there before leaving Jax.

 

[brownshoe]

Thanks AE6O6! Brings back a few memories, this is hangar 67 and was my home. And yup it was out in the sticks, especially back in my day.

 

[707guy]

Thanks AE6O6! Brings back a few memories, this is hangar 67 and was my home. And yup it was out in the sticks, especially back in my day.

Brings back some memories!

 

[FrankTheTank]

Seems like forever ago when I was stationed there.. I was in the last squadron to leave.. Half my tour was at Cecil and half at Jax.. Scary to think was nearly 20 years ago.. Damn I'm old.. Where did all the time go?

 

[Hopeful Hoya]

Hint:

Actually with the buzz cut it was more like this for a while. Luckily the hair is coming back (slowly)

 

[brownshoe]

Seems like forever ago when I was stationed there.. I was in the last squadron to leave.. Half my tour was at Cecil and half at Jax.. Scary to think was nearly 20 years ago.. Damn I'm old.. Where did all the time go?

You're old? Crap, I was there with BzB, Walt and Derf during the 60's.

Did you get one of these?

 

[FrankTheTank]

You're old? Crap, I was there with BzB, Walt and Derf during the 60's.

Did you get one of these?

Nope.. Notice no S-3s in that plaque... It's almost like we were never even at Cecil...

 

[robav8r]

Nope.. Notice no S-3s in that plaque... It's almost like we were never even at Cecil...

I was in VS-31 and we left on deployment with CVW-7 (JOHN C STENNIS) from Cecil and flew into NAS Jax following deployment (Hangar 1000). 1998 I think . . . .

 

[FrankTheTank]

VS-22.. And now that I think about it, maybe we were originally suppose to be the last squadron but VS-24 was and that is why they didn't end up sharing the hanger with the P-3s in Jax.. It's all kinda a blur but I'm pretty sure all the hornets were gone and we were still there for a little while....

 

[Gatordev]

Maybe I'm out to lunch here, but the plaque is for STRIKE FIGHTER WING ATLANTIC. I'm guessing the lack of S-3s in the plaque had a lot to do with the lack of S-3s in that wing.

 

[robav8r]

If my memory serves me correctly, wasn't Cecil Field an alternate landing strip for the Space Shuttle due to the runway length there?

 

[FrankTheTank]

Maybe I'm out to lunch here, but the plaque is for STRIKE FIGHTER WING ATLANTIC. I'm guessing the lack of S-3s in the plaque had a lot to do with the lack of S-3s in that wing.

Correct (now that I look closely at the pic) but I was under the impression we were talking of the closing of Cecil Field and the base in general.. Guessing I misunderstood Brownshoes reply (with plaque pic) to my comment...

 

[Griz882]

Correct (now that I look closely at the pic) but I was under the impression we were talking of the closing of Cecil Field and the base in general.. Guessing I misunderstood Brownshoes reply (with plaque pic) to my comment...

I can easily see what you saw. The top of the plaque is all about the field closing....in the end, it smacks of fighter boys grasping for more glory.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Well back in the day it was a light attack base with A4s, when I passed through they had A7s and S3s there too.