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  David Richardson October 16, 2009 at 6:57pm

  I was attached to VA-46 for 4 years and it was a good tour as far as mine went there. I was there during CDR. Peterson and CDR Mitchell as CO's!
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  Jimmy E. Hopkins October 16, 2009 at 4:34pm

  WAS BASE POLICE THERE FOR 2 YRS IN THE 80S, I LOVED CECIL FIELD
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  Donald Krein August 27, 2009 at 12:51am

  I was station with VA-81 at NAS Cecil Field back in the 70's if anyone that were with the sunliners or VS-31 drop me a note.
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  Larry Dunaway July 28, 2009 at 9:27pm

  I was at Cecil assigned to VA 34 (A4's) We deployed in Nov 64 on the Saratoga (CVA 60) to the Med
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  AL Brannon July 24, 2009 at 9:31pm

  I was with VA174 for training then to VA66 then TAD to AIMD aircraft autopilot systems and inertial navigation for the A7 in the early 70's. Did a Med cruise on CV62 73 to 74 with VA66.
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  Chuck Fry June 16, 2009 at 10:58pm

  I spent most of my time with VA-174 TAD to NAS Cecil, Special Services. Mostly I worked in the equipment rental office.
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  donald wayne nichols May 16, 2009 at 10:35pm

  I was there way back in 1971-73 with the VA-86 Sidewinders ,an A-7 Corsair squadron.We deployed aboard the USS America CVA-66. Remember some great parties at Lake Newman.Jacksonville was a good liberty town.Great beaches.
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  michael November 22, 2008 at 11:40pm

  hi guys, im mike, i was vs 30 in queonset pt rhode island then we moved to cecil field fla. i attended plane captain school in memphis tn. i was with them dureing my whole stent in the navy, 1970/74. best 4yrs of my life. we at that time were still useing the old s2, great old plane, i really enjoyed working on them and flying on them. we did at that time all our carrier quals on the old lady lex when she was still in pennsacola fla. ive driven thru the old base several times, brings tears to my eyes but the one good thing is the old vs 30 squadron hangar is still there being used, its the only hangar left. ive tryed to have the guard there let me inside to look around but no luck. you can still see inside from outside the gate and still see where the flight line was. pretty much everything else is gone, sad but i guess thats the times. i was hopeing maybe they would have started a museum there like they did at queonset point but i havent seen one.
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  Tim Gulliford October 9, 2008 at 7:23pm

  LOL I did not see you wrote Diamondbacks...that is funny. Looking back, I do miss a lot of things that back in my younger years, hated. Like VS-30, what a tough squadron that was but we were highly rated by D.C. and with that image to uphold, you had to work harder than most to keep that recognition.
  
  It was sad when I found out NAS Cecil Field was shut down. Has anyone heard if they still are keeping it as a backup base for other future closures? One argument was made that Cecil is a prime base for it lacks all the development that other bases are experiencing. People move into the new homes only to start complaining about the Military noise which has put a damper on operations. I forget which base was the issue in Virginia but that is the case for closing it down and reopening Cecil to accommodate the troops. I saw on Google maps the tear down of Cecil field barracks and other buildings but all hangars are still in place. The commission stated it would cost a lot less money to reopen it than to build a whole new base. Gee, makes a lot of sense too me. That would be nice to see it reopen as it was a nice base overall.
  As a reservist at NAS Lemoore, a fellow AE2 shipmate was at Cecil at the same time I was. We did not know one another at the time but we shared good stories. By any chance did you know a Ralph Lawless? Good guy.
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  AK3 Glenn Carter October 9, 2008 at 10:49am

  Tim, thanks I meant to write cutters at the end of Diamond and for some reason wrote backs...got baseball on the mind. ; - )