The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

[Catmando]

My educated guess is the one with the ball cap and GREEN SHIRT.

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Barking up the wrong tree, I think. While A4s is lying in the weeds (and probably also enjoying this), I don't believe he was with VA-115 Arabs on the Midway in 1972-73. More likely, he was on the Kitty during that timeframe. (I'm too lazy to look up that airwing/squadron.)

I have an old Midway '72-73 cruise book with VA-115 guys pictured. But while some pictured look familiar, they all look different today and a lot older than me.

Correct me if I am wrong, A4s. Ha!

 

[A4sForever]

Barking up the wrong tree, I think. .... Ha!

Well ... I do know all but 4 of the gents in the pix ... flew w/ a couple, as well ...

 

[Catmando]

Well ... I do know all but 4 of the gents in the pix ... flew w/ a couple, as well ...

Here they are when they were younger. (Unfortunately, not all made it.)

 

[A4sForever]

Here they are when they were younger. (Unfortunately, not all made it.)

Matson, VanSickle, Horsley, McCormick of course and Clark too, Walsh, Carmichael, McMahon, Keegan, Witowski, Newton ... and there's one (Maroon - sp?) in the current pix, too.

 

[navyao]

Black Lions -- good sticks; good men.

Inquiring minds want to know: whatever happened to the Varks -- active from '45-'93 ... i.e., -213's sister squadron for soooooooooooo many years in the Air Wing ???

I know it's 'gone' ... but 'why' did they 'die' w/ the switch from "F to FA" when the Black Lions ('55 - present) 'made it' ... ???

We weren't flying TARPS capable birds either, that's what made us go away and 213 able to survive...

 

[navyao]

There was also that whole USN/USAF joint engine thing too, the F100 I think? It was supposed to be for the Tomcat and Eagle? I also remember reading once how Gen. Chappie James wanted the F-14 as an interceptor for Air Defense Command.

HJ, those videos suck! No disrespect but my God that pisses me off. I would love nothing more than to have one of our former Tomcat drivers flying the Rhino splash one of the grease ball looking crews flying our airplanes! Those have to be what, bloc 30's? No IRST or TCS. How the hell does the AWG-9 still work? Mr. Grumman himself should be rolling in his grave! Plus, because of them how many of our F-14's had to be DRMO'd? Every Tomcat book out there now has to show them being torn apart so the freak'n Iranians can't update theirs. I had to vent, I miss my airplane.

 

[navyao]

I was 2! But I think my Skipper some 18 years later, Jr Davis might be in that pic, 4th from the right in the back row? How many Mig killers are there in the pic?

 

[badger16]

@HJ--No, not a Starfighter just someone who claimed to have knowledge on different squadron callsigns( Not so good in this case). Next time I see him he is going to get some shit for making me look bad!:icon_tong Thanks for some proper gouge on the subject HJ. I appreciate it.

 

[highside7r]

@AE 606-Great shots of the Dragonslayers, I used to know your CO when we was wee little LT in HS-15.

@Spanky: What display is above left seat's head?

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

@AE 606-Great shots of the Dragonslayers, I used to know your CO when we was wee little LT in HS-15.

Thanks but that was HokiePilot that took those shots.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100201-N-9950J-360 GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 1, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Daniel Tesauro, left, from New Jersey, and Aviation Boatwain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Lois Braxton, from New York, direct the lift off of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during the first flight operations of exercise Cobra Gold 2010. Cobra Gold is a joint and coalition multinational exercise hosted annually by the Kingdom of Thailand. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100204-N-4774B-459 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 4, 2010) An F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 prepares to land aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is taking part in Southern Seas 2010 as part of a scheduled homeport shift. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

 

[navyao]

Great pic OUSOONER! Love the MK-82 Snakeye's!

 

[nugget61]

Pretty cool pic of VFA-103 (jolly rogers, right?) on a steamy cat. All rights reserved, so here's the guy's flickr link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoltanpocza/4329269257/sizes/o/

 

[OscarMyers]

Heres a pic i took on the ikes friends and family day cruise in '08