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Whale Photos Pg. 19

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.

5000b.jpg (80869 bytes) "Number 5000!"

Celebrating the 5000th bombing run (1962?) at the NAF Naples RBS unit by the VAH-9" Hoot Owls". They were flying off the Saratoga in the Med. Ironically, the "Hoot Owls" also made the first run on the Naples RBS unit in 1959.

from Kenneth C. Minick

Skywarrior79.jpg (82626 bytes) "Pt. Mugu A-3 Line"

AE2 John Cameron strikes a pose. taken in 1981.

from John Cameron   camfam3@earthlink.net

A3gigi.jpg (54287 bytes) "Gigi and Her Attendents"

VAQ-135 (EKA-3Bs) hosted Gigi before they transitioned to the Prowlers. (l-r)(?, Tom Maxwell, ?, ?.

buddies "Preflight Antics"

Prior to A-3 flyover at the 1987 Whale reunion at NAS Key West. l-r: AD1 Rich Harrison, LT Doug Patton, AMS2 Joe Hawkins, and LT Doug Grilliot.

group.jpg (83020 bytes)
"Det Golf & Det Echo VAH-4 "

Cubi Pt. flight line

 
goldengoddess.jpg (109113 bytes) "GiGi and Crew"

l-r:Ronald Samuelson, AQ2/3rd crewman, GiGi, and LCDR Ralph Lang, pilot.

VAH-8, USS Midway, 1958

last_a3_crew.jpg (326236 bytes) "One More Time"

Oct. 30, 1991, NAS Key West, Fl. ERA-3B (BuNo 146446) is poised for the last flight of a USN Skywarrior. The crew, left to right: LT Mark 'Hermann' Crissman, Nav.; AME1 John 'Woody' Olasin, Crew Chief; and CDR Bruce 'Lips' Nottke, Pilot, delivered this VAQ-33 EA-3B and two others to Phoenix Aviation for modification and participation in B-2 bomber testing. That was the last Skywarrior to leave active duty!
from 
Mark Crissman   herm64@concentric.net

hardatwork.jpg (66837 bytes) "ZZZZZZZZZ"

Activity in the third seat can be slow! You know who you are!

 
mycrew.jpg (363869 bytes) "VAP-61 Crew"

L-R:  LTJG Raymond Wojeck (Nav), LCDR Bob Skillen (pilot), and PH1/AC Bill Fenton pose in front of a black VAP-61 RA-3B in Agana, Guam, Aug. 67.

from Bill Fenton    wcfenton@worldnet.att.net

jack2.jpg (19207 bytes)  

"From the Archives"

Olongapo, PI. bar scene, 1967. You fill in the names! It could be anybody from any boat or any squadron. These guys are VQ sailors enjoying a San Miguel. Probably warm!

jack5.jpg (7984 bytes) "Danang flightline"

 1967. PC Jack Peterson, VQ-1, is hauling in the drag chute.

from Jack Peterson   jackinkc@juno.com

Vap-62officers.jpg (168603 bytes) "VAP-62 Officers"

Here is a photo of the officers of VAP-62, taken at NAS Jax some time in the spring of 1964.  Robert R. McCright, Sr. is in the back row, sixth from the left.  He was killed flying an A-3 (BuNo.144829) in June 1964
from Rob McCright (son) doobers@earthlink.net

A3D-2T Get Set.jpg (16652 bytes)

A3D-2T Go.jpg (16166 bytes)
"Get set, Go!!"

Marv Cohen, 2ND Force Recon Marine is making a planned jump from a TA-3B in 1962. This action was captured from a video made by Twentieth Century and narrated by Walter Cronkite. It chronicles the story, among other things, of a Marine Recon unit leaving an aircraft carrier via an A-3, dropping to an assigned sector, completing their recon mission and being picked up and returned to the carrier via the C-1 COD.

Submitted by 'Rock' Guthrie, USMC (Ret)

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