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Cafe Lactate
Feb 16, 06 10:38
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http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=22325
TR Traps Last Tomcat from Combat Mission
Release Date: 2/15/2006 4:42:00 PM
By Journalist 2nd Class Stephen Murphy, USS Theodore Roosevelt Public Affairs
ABOARD USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (NNS) -- A chapter in naval aviation history drew to a close Feb. 8 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the last recovery of an F-14 Tomcat from a combat mission.
Piloted by Capt. William G. Sizemore II, commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Fighter Squadron (VF) 213’s aircraft 204 was trapped at 12:35 a.m. and marked one of the final stages of the Navy’s transition from the F-14 to F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet.
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See link for full story. End of an era...no more of the plane that Tom Cruise flew in Top Gun.
jhc
Feb 16, 06 11:00
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Well, they told Maverick repeatedly not to buzz the tower now, didn't they.
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Feb 16, 06 15:47
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That's kinda sad. The Tomcat was a great airplane.
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Ti T'war
Feb 16, 06 17:45
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Now THAT was funny :-)
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