City, State: the villages fl Comments: looking for dave hillhouse we both served with vr24 bill
City, State: Minneapolis MN Comments: First time here, was in Naples from 9/59 to 9/61, best tour that I ever had. Great crew mates, one BIG happy family. Sure do miss it. Plan on attending Pensacola reunion 2014. Hope to run into some old shipmates while there
City, State: Robesonia, Pa. Comments: VR-24 Naples 8/65 thru 12/67 ATN3 AC In the recent issue of the Wings of Gold magazine there is a link to find the whereabouts of the aircraft we flew. All you need is the bureau number. An example of one from my era is 146049. It was a C-1A. Here's the link: www. joebaugher.com/navy_serials/navyserials.html Simply follow the instructions ! Have fun Rocky
City, State: St Augustine Beach, Florida Comments: Would like to attend this reunion in P-Cola.. Was in VR from 75 through 78 , C130 Loadmaster and AT, my memory does not serve me well but I recall names like Joe & Judy Brown, Tom Eide, Ernie Malagreda(sp?), Jerry Campbell, Mike Reeves, Tom(?) Barbour, Jay & Sheri Aspinwall, BJ Watson, Corny, Joe Krowitz, Maureen Gallant, LT Wavle, John Grainger, Claudia, Im missing lots I know .. Cheers to All
City, State: Corpus Christi, TX Comments: I would like to attend the Reunion...On my way to the USS America Reunion in Virginia Beach the following week. Si Se Puede. Carlos B Benavides C-2A PC 79-82 President BSA
City, State: Baltimore WA Homepage URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/randy-h-schumacher/0/754/a11 Comments: I was a pilot for VR-24 in Sigonella from late 1984 to the summer of 1988. The best time I ever had in the Navy!
City, State: Haines City ,Florida Comments: Good Morning from sunny Florida. Stationed at Port Lyautey all of 1952-1953.Worked in the VR-24 Navigation Office over the OD-Shack.Would like to hear from anyone stationed at that time.
City, State: Niles, Ohio Comments: I was a VOD Squad Plank owner. I remember working just about every work center but the avionics shop. I was MIDs corrosion control supervisor, TAD to security, shared a house on the side of Etna overlooking a monastery,(we were robbed every other payday). Went on a lot of great deployments, and had good times with good people. Who remembers the Brits, that ran our favorite bar in Cyprus? Does anyone else miss a giaroasta from Little America? Catch up with me I'm on Facebook.
City, State: Milton, Florida Homepage URL: Att Comments: Ref: Jan.29 entry- Nike Niedzwiedz. We were also did a tour with VT 6 at Whiting, fighting the T 28 WAR.
City, State: Hubbell, MI Comments: Just found this webpage and HAD to sign in. I was a Aviation Medicine Technician and got assigned to NAS Naples from 74 to 76. I wasn't assigned to VR-24 per-se but I did all your Flight Physicals during that time. My most vivid memories of the Capodachino (sp?) base was the Traffic Circle just outside the main gate. Bought my first car and it took me 2 WEEKS to get enough courage up to drive off base. Naples traffic was something they hadn't warned us about. Another memory was practicing emergency ground and sea pick-ups with the H46 helicopter (Those were assigned to you? I think so.) During ground practice, some pilots would try to drop the rescue ring right on top of you before they grounded it first. If they touched you before the ring touched the ground, you'd get one whopping static electricity jolt. They never caught me. (grin) Since I was AvMed, I got to get flight time. Mostly with the H46 - Trips to the carriers, medevacs. I was there during the Kennedy/Belknap collision. That was heartbreaking as well as messy. I even got to sit in the co-pilot seat for a flight out to a carrier once when the assigned one couldn't show up on time. I know. Not Legal in the least, but the pilot needed a body in the right hand seat and we had a delivery to make. He even let me fly for a bit. Man... Helicopters take a *gentle* hand. Anyway, nice to know this page is here. I have some pics somewhere. Will need to dig them up. |
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