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Whale Photos Pg. 18

This page is dedicated to the crews, on  the ground and in the cockpit, who made the A-3 Skywarrior fly and kept her flying.

These photos where gleaned from the archives. Not all will have proper identifications but that will be part of the fun. You figure out who they are! What details are available will be included. Enjoy! 

If you like these, send more to... tanker@a3skywarrior.com

Click on thumbnail image to view larger version. Some will take slightly longer to load as the format was left large enough for you to identify faces.

VQ2flyers.jpg (132282 bytes) "VQ-2 Flyers"

Sometime between 1981-85.

From Ruben Munoz   fireman318rm@aol.com
Heavy4Det63.jpg (78453 bytes) "VAH-4 DET 63"

Taken in Nov. 1967 on the NAS Whidbey Island flight line.
Ed Mullin & Ed Hinneman.jpg (93431 bytes) "Autograph"

Ed Mullin, US Navy civilian Aeronautical Engineer, gets Ed Heinemann's autograph. Ed was the A-3 maintenance engineering program manager and A-3 CFA MEE ILSMT sub-committee chairman at NARF/NADEP in Alameda.

From Ed Mullin  mullineg@navair.navy.mil
Heavy10_811Crew.JPG (63506 bytes) "Heavy 10 crew"

Vah-10 Det 59, 1966-67, flight crew.
l-r, Ltjg John Mosham, Lcdr Gregg Bambo, AE1 Fred Brown

for Greg Bambo  mbambo@msn.com
Swish.jpg (160520 bytes) "Say What?"

The A-3 Skywarrior treasurer, Mark Swisher (right) on one of his good days. PC is John Herndon. Taken ~1980 on USS Eisenhower during IO cruise.
VAH-2_Avionics.jpg (422440 bytes) "VAH-2 Avionics"

USS Coral Sea, CVA-43, 1966
standing; AQ3 Glancy, AT3 Poindexter, ATC Holt, AQ1 Reeves, ?
front; ?, AT3 Matchuzak (Sp), ?, ?

from Stu Glancy   stu_glancy@hotmail.com
VAH-2_Promotion_Day.jpg (452455 bytes) "Advancement Day"

VAH-2, USS Coral Sea, 1965

kneeling; Little, Tarvin, McCallister, Wieland, Koster, Ripka, ?
middle; Blanchard, Batt, Brown, Folger, Tenan, ?, Nover, Plischke
back; Ingram, Pererson, Milley, Glancy, ?, Henwood

from Stu Glancy   stu_glancy@hotmail.com
VAP-62_1962.jpg (695836 bytes) "VAP-62"

The Avionics gang of VAP-62 while at JAX in 1962 or 63.

From Jim Carter   marlee@prexar.com
VAH5100-3-60.jpg (241778 bytes) "VAH-5 Centurions 3/25/60"
VAH-2detMike.jpg (99681 bytes) "VAH-2 DET MIKE"

standing (l-r); Ltjg J.Y. Seaward, Lcdr W.E. Foster, Ltjg R.L. Cook, Lcdr C.D. Hall, Cdr D.F. Brandenburg, Lt B.T. Cocoris (sp?) , Lcdr M.H. Watson. Ltjg J.K. Graham.
kneeling; J.B. Edwards, W.E. Sterns, E.D. Laroque, L.O. Rutledge
from Ray Cook  raycook@harbornet.com
BrinDet.jpg (39826 bytes) "The VQ-2 Brindisi Det"

144852 was repaired in Brindisi, Italy after a nose gear collapse on Saratoga, 1987.
from John Branning    branncasa@coastalnet.com
IOCruise1980.jpg (142253 bytes) "IO Cruise"

VQ-2's IO cruise, 1980, aboard USS Eisenhower.
tim3.jpg (139943 bytes) "Get Your Hands Off Her!"

The original site of Gigi's home. We think this was taken at the 10th anniversary gala of Gigi's draft into the Heavys. The young lady's dress and hair-do should put a date on this one.

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