Phormer Phighter Phlyer wrote:
Rufus wrote:

Phormer Phighter Phlyer wrote:

Rob van Riel wrote:

No pix but I was XO of VX-4 from Apr '88 till Dec '89. I and the CO
flew the F-4S' we had 3 of them. Used for launch of high speed
targets or targets for the F-14/18, radar type. No testing still
being done for the F-4S.

We flew with a centerline and LAU-7s.



I just missed you...I was at Mugu during the summer of '86...I think.
I was working with the PMTC guys.


Great tour, our 'boss' was COMOPTEVFOR, a 2 star, our administrative
boss was COMFITFUD, but as an ecelon II command, we could do what we
wanted. Lots of parts, lots of $.

I flew the F-14, F-4 and also we leased three Cessna T-210s to move
project guys around. Great fun getting low over the desert on the way to
China Lake, making cars think you were the CHP.

Heh...I sent a Harrier out with a DLQ pod and he blew up a CHP radar gun
once by mistake. Cop's mistake...what should you expect, pointing a
radar at a tactical aircraft? Big hammer, no supervision. Yup...life
was good...

Yeah - Mugu is a great place to be stationed. I was there as a civvie
with the PMTC crowd for a bit...a Hornet baby amongst the Tomcat guys.
But it was fun to get a look at the B model Toms - had a brief brush
with the AB controls on that engine while I was at GE. Was nice to see
it in an airplane.

You didn't happen to flow through VX-5 by any chance? We could have
crossed paths there...

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- Rufus