Iain Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 All brilliant photos - and brilliant thread! I could look through photos like these for ages - unstaged/real-life... Iain JeepsGunsTanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/index.php/hc-7-combat-rescue-43-19-june-1968/ Thought I’d share with the group. Your dad likely worked on the seats that saved these men’s lives. (Which incidentally, my coworker grew up on NAS Oceana and was neighbors with Lt Cdr Burns...played in his house alongside his kids in the early 70s). anyway the link is to the Medal Of Honor mission for HC-7s rescue of the VF-33 crew from USS America. An amazing story...and to see some of these jets in color just brings it all to life! Peter JeepsGunsTanks and Dragon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burner Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) JeepsGunsTanks, nice set of photos. I'm sorry your dad is gone now but so many of our old shipmates are also gone. I'm 77 now and I can feel the Grim Reaper breathing down my neck. Thanks for posting those photos. I was a cocky young buck of 26 when I was on the America and flying those missions in an A-7. When I get used to it and figure out this web site, I hope to post many more. Edited March 12, 2020 by Burner sounds better this way Iain, Ryan, LSP_Paul and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Welcome aboard Burner - good to have you with us! Iain Ryan and JeepsGunsTanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Good stuff Burner. We do LOVE pics like that around here. JeepsGunsTanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 23 hours ago, easixpedro said: http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/index.php/hc-7-combat-rescue-43-19-june-1968/ Thought I’d share with the group. Your dad likely worked on the seats that saved these men’s lives. (Which incidentally, my coworker grew up on NAS Oceana and was neighbors with Lt Cdr Burns...played in his house alongside his kids in the early 70s). anyway the link is to the Medal Of Honor mission for HC-7s rescue of the VF-33 crew from USS America. An amazing story...and to see some of these jets in color just brings it all to life! Peter That's an amazing story, I wonder if my old man had anything to do with the Seats in the Phantom! 5 hours ago, Burner said: JeepsGunsTanks, nice set of photos. I'm sorry your dad is gone now but so many of our old shipmates are also gone. I'm 77 now and I can feel the Grim Reaper breathing down my neck. Thanks for posting those photos. I was a cocky young buck of 26 when I was on the America and flying those missions in an A-7. When I get used to it and figure out this web site, I hope to post many more. Thanks! I really wish I had appreciated this stuff more when he was around. I really glad others have found them interesting too! Send me a PM if you need a place to host your pics, I can put them up on my site and send you the links if you want. I have more pics to post, not many of the aircraft, mostly shore leave and ship stuff. I should have some time this weekend. easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Great pics! Really enjoying this thread. But thank God Royal Caribbean didn’t put us through all this when we crossed the line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Awesome thread thanks rafju 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Thanks so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Nice weathering references too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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