VC-8 Disestablishment and A-4 Retirement Ceremony

[John R Weiss]

Fleet Composite Squadron EIGHT, the last US Navy squadron flying the A-4
Skyhawk, will be disestablished as of 30 Sep 2003. The disestablishment
ceremony and A-4 "retirement" ceremony will be held at NAS Oceana, VA on
Saturday, 23 Aug 2003. VC-8 and the Hampton Roads ANA chapter will be
sponsoring other events on Friday and Saturday.

For further information, electronic invitation, or RSVP, call VC-8 Admin at
787-865-4264 x237. Deadline for RSVPs is 10 Aug.
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John Weiss
LCDR, USN, Retired
ex VC-8 RedTail
Seattle, WA
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[José Herculano]

> Back when Coors was only sold in the western US, they were also used once
in a
> while as beer trucks. :-)

That must be as old as Naval Air itself... VF-17 flew beer instead of ammo
when they took their F4U-1A Corsairs to war ;-)
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José Herculano

[Chuck]

"Back when Coors was only sold in the western US, they were also used
once in a while as beer trucks. :-)"

And the "old" VC-8 (when the disestablishing one was VU-8) could, and
did, carry a whole lot of booze in that huge bombbay in the AJ Savages,
with assistance from their P2V-2 and 3 Neptunes).

Chuck



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[C. McCartan]

So did many a T-28 from Whiting! Loved when pilots returned from
xcountries!

[John R Weiss]

"Chuck" > wrotet...
> And the "old" VC-8 (when the disestablishing one was VU-8) could, and
> did, carry a whole lot of booze in that huge bombbay in the AJ Savages,
> with assistance from their P2V-2 and 3 Neptunes).

....not to mention the 21 cases of Cruzan rum that would fit under the
floorboards of an H-3...

[Dave in San Diego]

"C. McCartan" > wrote in news:vftYa.63127$wk4.58179
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

> So did many a T-28 from Whiting! Loved when pilots returned from
> xcountries!

I usta help load lobsters on the birds that came up to Brunswick in the
early 70s. Put 'em in everything from an A-37 to filling a C-118 front to
back as high as the bottom of the windows (that one went to NorVa).

Dave in San Diego

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"For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes
turned skyward;
For there you have been, and there you long to return."
Leonardo da Vinci

[Leanne]

> I usta help load lobsters on the birds that came up to Brunswick in the
> early 70s. Put 'em in everything from an A-37 to filling a C-118 front to
> back as high as the bottom of the windows (that one went to NorVa).

Our C-117 from MCAS Beaufort made a few lobster runs, or was it cross country
training flights. It helped when our Maint Chief had a brother who lived there
to coordinate it all on the Brunswick end.

Leanne B

[Chuck]

"...not to mention the 21 cases of Cruzan rum that would fit under the
floorboards of an H-3..."

Lots of rum in the tail turret's ammo compartments in the A3D
Jacksonville/Gitmo runs also (VAH-1).



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