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Thanks Pinecone. I recall the starboard side ejection seat was activated. I saw the hole in the canopy as I went back to the S-3. I think the pilot seat is where his brother was seated. The Lady in the lawn chair under the port wing was standing up with a stunned look on her face and she was...

Back in the mid 1970's I was blessed with an XQM-93 experimental aircraft at my command. It was a peculiar looking bird to say the least. Originally I had nothing to do with it except to touch it and compare it with the other aircraft at my command. It looked like a toy airplane compared with...

Thanks Warlock. I did some google searches over the weekend and found out about Fort Wolters and some of the history surrounding the facility. I will check out the 143rd for more info. I remember being glued to the window for most of the weekend of the exercises. On Sunday the gunships like the...

I was fortunate enough to catch an army or national guard exercise in the spring of 1993. It happened in Mineral Wells Texas. C-130's, Parachutes, Artillery, etc. Does anyone here know anything about this event?

I have to correct myself. I was a 24 year old Naval reservist on July 4th 1980. That summer I was in the process of signing up with VP-64 so that I could get activated and pick a duty station. I had 3 1/2 years of active duty working on a wide variety of naval aircraft at NAF Warminster. As a...

Just joined this site. I was there in 1980 also. I was a 19 year old former PR from the nearby NADC Warminster Naval Air Warfare Center. I served there for 4 yrs and got out in march 1979. I stayed in the area and tried out the local job market until August 1980, when I reenlisted. I was a Naval...