He became a pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt and as a close ground support squadron member, he saw up close what the awesome firepower of “the Jug” could bring on the enemy. He also watched many of his friends die. The girl he met while in flight school and their letters back and ...
Virginia, where all Marine officers learn the basic infantry tactics, prior to attending flight school. Every Marine Officer is an infantry officer before becoming an aviator. Joe was selected to attend Undergraduate Pilot Training with the United States Air Force at Craig Air Force Base, Selma, ...
Regarding the last guy, as the duty test pilot for the day in the spring of ‘67, he was forced to make an autorotation at Marble Mountain Air Facility during a maintenance check flight. A dual magneto failure necessitated the auto and he buried the landing pretty good into the Marston Ma...
Dave was also at Chu Lai, eventually becoming the "O" Club officer. He was very generous with his time whenever we visited DC - both when he was in Congress and also afterwards - and was always fun to be with especially at our reunions. He will be greatly missed. Our sympathies to ...
Marine Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMA) 167 was commissioned in 1971 as part of Marine Aircraft Group 39 (Camp Pendleton, cA), and unlike most HMLA squadrons began with the Cobra (AH-1G) before becoming a composite squadron. By 1976, the AH-1G was replaced by the AH-1J Sea Cobra, whic...
Fleet units provide a training progression where aircrew build their experience base and achieve WTI-prerequisite certifications. An individual who excels through those prerequisites within his or her squadron may be ready for the next level – becoming a United States Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics...