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Hey! Hey! VAQ -131 Returns !!!

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A4sForever

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Hey! Hey! Hey! VAQ -131 Returns !!!

THE LANCERS JUST RETURNED FROM ... Shangri-La???
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Here's some really bad, hurry-up thumbnail pixs of the break -- #4 needed to tighten it up, by the way. :icon_smil I didn't know they were a'comin or I would have got them in my lens when they flew over the packing crate that I live in -- sounded great when they passed overhead. These shots were taken from @ 4 miles south of the tower .... Only a 4-plane (*sigh*) ... where are the other 12 aircraft for the 4X4 diamond fly-over??

Just after they broke and landed -- the sun came out. Too bad -- we have had sunny days for the previous 2 weeks.
 

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SteveG75

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A4sForever said:
Only a 4-plane (*sigh*) ... where are the other 12 aircraft for the 4X4 diamond fly-over??
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Only a 4-plane? Remember Intruder division breaks every day?

I did four cruises out of Whidbey and got one fly-by:

1993 - Section approach due to Wx. High light was our lead dumping to max trap (A-6E) on downwind to 13. :eek:

1995 - 19 plane flyby - 1 EA-6B, 2 A-6 vic leading a 4x4 diamond with 4 EA's in the slot. :icon_smil

1998 - Left our jets in the Gulf with 136 and 137. C-9 fly-in (in SDB's, thanks Skipper) :icon_rage

2003 - Single GCA's due to WX. :(
 
flynavy26

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I had some good friends in 131 after doing three WestPacs with VF-2 onboard the good old Connie. Of course now VF-2 is VFA-2, attached to the Linc. Is 131 still in airwing TWO?
 
A4sForever

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I knew I would suck-in Brett and Meat with this thread ... :) QUESTION: do "they" no longer paint the EA-6 nose with some kind of LSO "gouge" to facilitate telling the difference between the bomber and electric ?? Since there are no more bombers ... ??? :(

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ROGER TACTICAL-JAMMER BALL !!
 
bunk22

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I'll let the guys know they needed to tighten it up a bit. I just got back today as well, leading the 4 plane COD detachment of Airwing 2.
 
A4sForever

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SteveG75 said:
Only a 4-plane? Remember Intruder division breaks every day?
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We managed to fly-in/over on all 3 of my NUW RTB's. We'd beat-up Oak Harbor with @ 500 ' AGL, > 400 KIAS with 12-16 aircraft. Great stuff -- just keep going back and forth until the first "low-fuel" light appeared. Show those steenkin' Dutchmen "the Fleet's In" ... or for those of you < 35 years of age -- "the Boy's are Back in Town".

Two 12-plane fly-in's, One 16-plane 4X4 with VAQ-136 bringing up the rear diamond. I think a guy we called "Big Wally" was the VAQ C.O. ... a very strange individual, indeed. Hope he's not your Father ... :eek:

BUT ONLY A FOUR PLANE FLY-IN !?! WHY, HECK, SIR !! That's what the Whales used to do ...

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HEAVY-4 (VAH-4) fly-in @ NAS Whidbey, @ 1964.
 
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ah you cant expect the weather to be awesome for the fly-in. Only remember one as a kid when my paps was CO coming back from the Forest Fire.

A-4's,

You living up at Whidbey? Man I wish I could get up there sometime and set up a crab trap.....ah memories!
 
A4sForever

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bunk22 said:
I'll let the guys know they needed to tighten it up a bit. I just got back today as well, leading the 4 plane COD detachment of Airwing 2.
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Welcome back, sailor. BTW ... it was, indeed, #4 who was flying AF formation. Same-way, same-day ... :) They looked good in the break, however -- sucked it up?
 
A4sForever

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beau said:
A-4's, You living up at Whidbey? Man I wish I could get up there sometime and set up a crab trap.....ah memories!
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I used to have some crabs -- but not here @ Whidbey ... think I got 'em on 3/C Midshipman cruise. My Mom nearly threw me out of the house when I returned, thinking myself quite the war hero. I at least thought I would get a home-cooked meal, first.

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Brett327

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A4sForever said:
do "they" no longer paint the EA-6 nose with some kind of LSO "gouge" to facilitate telling the difference between the bomber and electric ?? Since there are no more bombers ... ???
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It's no longer required, but some squadrons do it for a little extra "flair." Normally, at 133, we just had it on our "CAG" bird, but when we went to Japan, all 5 A/C got a nice big radiation symbol. They eat that stuff up over there ;)

Good times,

Brett
 
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A4sForever said:
Some say they're Same-O, same-O... but not I :)
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Just the fact that NUW isn't right next to all those militant leftists in SFO is reason enough to like it more, although SEA does have its share.

Brett
 
SteveG75

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Speaking of Whales.

Twice, I have been sitting at the O-Club the Friday before the Whidbey Airshow when a big old Whale comes thundering into the break. One of the Raytheon birds from Long Beach. What a great big beast.
 
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