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Welcome Tom. We can always use another former USN guy here. I was with the USN in an anti submarine squadron operating the carrier based S-3 many years ago when that plane was first put in service but it’s been retired and most parked in the AZ desert now. (Guess that dates me as an old guy). I was in Odessa last week and familiar with the Midland area, good place to practice crosswind landings! Enjoy this place, lots of great folks here on BT. I’m based near Dallas in a residential airpark operating a TN V35A. Enjoy the rest of your training!
Thanks, Jeff.
Funny that you mention that about the S-3. To bookend your story, I was on the LAST West Coast deployment for the S-3 on the Stennis in 2004 with VS-35. If you'll recall, the VS-35 guys had just flown President Bush aboard the Lincoln about a year and a half before that for the "Mission Accomplished" speech. I was actually in the 3rd row for that speech.
S-3 and E-2 guys usually got along pretty well since we weren't in the fighter club and didn't take ourselves too seriously ("Go ugly early"). Some good guys in that squadron.
, Shipmate.
