[sixsix]

Thankfully... we only lost one guy, a USMC office sgt.... nobody knew him, except for the time he decided to run to another bunker.

Marine Fixed Wing Attack Squadron VMA-311, A-4 Skyhawks,
Fighting Tomcats, 1972-1973, Bien Hoa, S. Viet Nam.

and for a test - a Gallery ( ? ) link:

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[sixsix]

Well... that post did not turn out the way I thought it would ( figures, doesn't it? ).

 

[Big_kid]

Sid Snedeker:

National Flight Log Entry - Naval Aviation Museum Foundation

navalaviationfoundation.org

 

[Ruh-Roh]

Thankfully... we only lost one guy, a USMC office sgt.... nobody knew him, except for the time he decided to run to another bunker.

Marine Fixed Wing Attack Squadron VMA-31, Fighting Tomcats,
1971-1973, Bien Hoa, S. Viet Nam.

and for a test - a Gallery ( ? ) link:

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A4 Skyhawks. I built a model of one of those when I was young. I have always loved those airplanes.

 

[sixsix]

Thanks guys,
I tell you, I ate, slept and breathed the A-4 and it's Pratt & Whitney J-52 for 3 years till we got discharged ( Cherry Point Naval/Civilian Rebuild / Machine Shop ).
Worked a little on F-4s, mostly GE J-79 related. They ( Air Force ) were based a few revetments down from us near the plane washing rack.

Maj. Snedeker was a real character - wore pearl handle six guns on the flight line ala Patton. He was one of those "damn the torpedoes" & screw a few loose Flap rivets - "I'm going out... you gonna' help...?".

It was the best of times and it was the, well, "The Best of Times".

 

[WoodButcher]

Thanks Mike,
hats off to them all.