A bunch of young newly winged Naval Flight Officers from June of 1986. Graduates of VT-86 in Pensacola, these officers went to Navy F-14 Tomcats and A-6 Intruders and in the sole USMC grad, an F-4. We had flown the T-34 Turbo Mentor, the T-2C Buckeye, the TA-4J Skyhawk and the T-47 Cessna Citation II.
Former U.S. Naval Flight Officer, current Gub’mint guy working for the Navy.
Excellent series of posts Pinch. Four major milestones in every Naval Aviator’s career. They certainly had me going into the memory vault of my own career.