"Pechs1" wrote in message
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Red- Of course this is all my opinion, and my reputation was such that I
never
had to worry about getting a flag, (unless it was on my coffin) even if I
had been able to stay in the Navy. BRBR

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. I missed being in combat in every
squadron I was in. Wings in 1974, second CV 'there' for the Mayaguez(sp?),
Acciile Lauro(sp/ again), 'second' CV for Libya and Lebanon strikes.
Trained to
'kill people and break things' but my year group was unique in that most
saw no
combat(YG 73). Didn't want to get killed or I didn't lust after combat but
I
would have liked to experience it, at least once.

I saw a sliver of it when I was a middie, onboard Kitty hawk in summer of
1972, Yankee station, sort of attached to VA-52. Flew a couple of tanker
missions over the North, until CO of the CVA found out and stopped it. I
could
feel the tension among the A-6 guys. One Mid 'almost' flew a backseat
barcap
mssion in a F-4 with VF-114..almost.

Saw/felt it again when in Cubi, when Midway, Hancock were both there...O
club
was amazing.....
Almost got my lights punched out when a A-6 guy told me to go over to some
guy
at the bar and say' F-8 pilots eat flowers'. Of course he was a F-8 pilot.


P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye
Phlyer

Yeah I remember you youngsters on your 72 summer cruise. We were just
getting back to WestPAC with new Aircraft, to replace our old worn out
birds, when they were kicking you off the ships. Also the first EA-6B's were
arriving too. By the way didn't you know never to trust an attack pilot.
--
Red