Gender
Male
Walls, Mississippi
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Gender
Male
Location
Walls, Mississippi
Rank
Enlisted
Where were you or your family stationed?
Great Lakes - San Diego - NAS Pensacola (twice) - Augmented Air Traffic Contoller to FAA during Strike 1982 - USS Lexington (twice) - NAS Whiting Field - Nas Saufley Field - Overseas Sigonella Sicily - NATTC Milington TN. Course Manager Advanced Schools (Radar Approach Control / Facility Management / Airspace Management / Terminal Approach Procedures)
Veteran of Foreign War
Vietnam, Grenada
Current Status with the US Navy
Retired
Start date of your service
June 15, 1969
End date of your service
November 28, 1989
Comments
Sorry to hear about the degenerative disc crap; I've got it too. Going to see Joe Mullis in September for a small get together in Milton. He works for Escambia County Corrections; reminds me of Barney Fife!
Bob Berlucchi is gonna meet us in Pensacola. He is still with the FAA. Some others I knew at Whiting are gonna try to be there as well: Bob Lezon, Joe Stepard, Sue Ball, Marilyn Gamble
3479 Rustic Oak Trail, Middleburg, FL 32068-5812
I remember one night we were about 2hrs. into night ops we had a A-7 hit the round down and slid down the angle deck in full after-burner. Pilot punched out right before the A-7 went overboard. A-7 hit the water and took back to the air and flew un-manned for 45 min.circling the Lex, doing rolls,and all kinds of crazy stuff. We had the pilot back on board, standing on the flightdeck watching his own bird fly it's self, just 50 miles off the coast of P'cola. She finnally ran out of fuel and hit the water 11 miles behind the Lex. I would have never believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes. It damn sure was never a dull moment.
I live close to Montgomery,Ala. so go back to P'cola 3 or 4 times a year, the boys love to fish and the wife loves the beach. I love to hear the scream of those jets fly overhead,just something about that sound.
I see your from Penn. any where close to Ridgeway, Penn.?