{"id":114,"date":"2013-06-09T18:09:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T00:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2015-11-21T14:51:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T21:51:01","slug":"vf-301-f-14a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/?page_id=114","title":{"rendered":"VF-301 F-14A"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flying in F-14A Tomcats with VF-301 at NAS Miramar, 1984-1987<\/p>\n

\"Initial<\/a>

Approaching NAS Fallon, Nev., for the break, summer 1987.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"FallonTomcats\"<\/a>

Holding overhead NAS Fallon prior to entering the break for landing, summer 1987.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"FallonHoldShortAug85\"<\/a>

Holding short for takeoff at NAS Fallon. A VAQ-309 EA-6A takes off in the backgrund, summer 1987.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"FallonBreak\"<\/a>

Coming into the break at NAS Fallon at sunset, summer 1987.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"FallonArrival_87\"<\/a>

Approaching the initial for the break at NAS Fallon, summer 1987.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Fallon87\"<\/a>

Climbing out from NAS Fallon en route to NAS Miramar, summer 1987.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"F14NKXovhd\"<\/a>

Overhead NAS Miramar, circa 1986.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"f14llroad\"<\/a>

On a low-level navigation route in Eastern California, circa 1986.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"F14inbd\"<\/a>

Returning to NAS Miramar.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"f14henshaw\"<\/a>

Returning to NAS Miramar from a training flight over the Eastern California desert. Lake Henshaw in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"f14break2\"<\/a>

In the break overhead NAS Miramar.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"F14banking\"<\/a>

Making the right-hand turn over the initial approach point called “Atlas” inbound to NAS Miramar. The city of Poway in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"F14AVF301CV61Jan86\"<\/a>

On board USS Ranger for a two-week active duty for training cruise, January 1986.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"F14A4return\"<\/a>

A flight of VF-301 Tomcats and a VC-13 TA-4J Skyhawk return to NAS Miramar after an Air Combat Maneuvering flight over the Paciflc.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"F-14_VF-301-lr\"<\/a>

Mike Svoboda and I taxi to the catapult on board USS Ranger, January 1986. The names on the canopy rail matched the crew (for once).<\/p><\/div>\n

\"EA6A_F14AAug85\"<\/a>

A VF-301 Tomcat in company with a VAQ-309 EA-6A over the Pacific near San Diego.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"DesertFltJul87\"<\/a>

A flight of VF-301 F-14As over the desert near the Salton Sea, 1987.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"DesertBank\"<\/a>

On a low-level training flight over the Eastern California desert.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"ClementeSunline\"<\/a>

A section of VF-301 F-14As overhead San Clemente Island, December 1984.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"AtlasForTheBreak\"<\/a>

Approaching the break at NAS Miramar.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"a7f18f14cvwr30sm\"<\/a>

A VA-304\u00a0Firebirds A-7B Corsair II tanks a VF-301 Tomcat overhead USS Ranger (CV-61) while a section of VFA-303 Golden Hawks F\/A-18A Hornets await their turn. January 1986.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"301CO_LL\"<\/a>

VF-301 “Skipper’s Bird” over the sand dunes east of El Centro, Calif.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"301blueBoat\"<\/a>

Chuck “Slick” Henry overhead USS Ranger, January 1986<\/p><\/div>\n

\"3f14gro\"<\/a>

VF-301 F-14A Tomcats near San Diego<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2PlaneCoastJul87\"<\/a>

A flight of VF-301 Tomcats execute a rare eastbound departure out of NAS Miramar due to Santa Ana wind conditions (easterly winds instead of the usual westerly winds).<\/p><\/div>\n

\"On<\/a>

On board USS Ranger (CV-61), 2-week Active Duty for Training with VF-301 and CVWR-30 in January 1986. Mike Svoboda and I went flying that day in the aircraft with our names on it, a fairly rare occurrence, especially in the Reserves.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flying in F-14A Tomcats with VF-301 at NAS Miramar, 1984-1987<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":227,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-114","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3vYaJ-1Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114\/revisions\/267"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}