catfan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 :unsure: its it true that 2 f-14a's laned on the uss midway aircraft carrier in the 70's? if so dose any body have any pictures or know the squadron's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I saw a photo a couple of week ago with on the Coral Sea but not the Midway. Wish I remember the linky. I don't remember the squadron either Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AT1Mike Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I looked through the few Tomcat history books I have and found no mention of it there or online other than the ship was unable to support them. Ill ask some of my old Tomcat bubbas on facebook and get back to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PlasticWeapons Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) Yes it is true. A VF-114 bird and a -213 bird I think. My co-worker was on the Midway when it happened. I don't think it happened in the 70's but sometime in the 80's. Edited August 15, 2011 by PlasticWeapons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AT1Mike Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Ok, I asked and the only response Ive seen so far is that VF 154 was aboard her with CAG 5 from an old shipmate of mine who was in through the 80's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Check this out tomcat thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PlasticWeapons Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Link doesn't work. If it's from Zone 5, you can't link it here. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 a 2 ship section from the Enterprise did indeed land on the midway in the early 80s. one jet was from VF-114, and the other was from VF-213. The flight was lead by Lieutenant Rick Berg. the section tried 3 times to recover on the big E under increasingly bad weather. short of options they finally diverted north to the midway. Both jets caught a perfect 3-wire on a runway that was some 50 feet closer to the water and several feet shorter than they were used to. a launch crew had to be helo-ed over the next morning with a pair of launch bars to get them off deck. As the blast shields were too short and too close to the catapults. the decision was made to launch them in full burner with no deflectors (im sure the captain had the ship running at flank speed to put as much wind over the deck as possible.). the 114 jet launched first and then the 213 one. Neither had any issues! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kstater94 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 You da man Jeremy! I was hoping that you'd see this thread and give insight into what happened Cheers John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 but dose any body have pictures of the tomcats from the event? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 always happy to help! :) there was an excellent article on this event published in the tailhook magazine several years ago (authored by Berg himself) complete with photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 If i can remember to, ill try to scan in the photo from the article when i get home from work tonight. Both jets were overall gull grey, early high vis markings, ALQ100 under the chin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kstater94 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) but dose any body have pictures of the tomcats from the event? seriously? Jeremy gives you a good run down on the event and this is your response? How about starting off your response with thanks... Edited August 16, 2011 by kstater94 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 sorry just spen 4 hours on goole trying to pull up a picture a little stressed. but to skull leader thank u for helping with this. somedy told me about this once and i didnt belive them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AT1Mike Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 That's pretty bad ***! The only response I got from my "older" tomcat friends was the bit about 154. That must have been an amazing sight though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kstater94 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 No worries man Ask here and most often you shall receive let not your heart be troubled. Skull will hook you up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 im happy i could put truth to the myth for you! we all try to help each other out here. @mike: yeah, Rick Berg mentioned that he did a LOT of thinking and praying while he was on the glideslope, lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Hey, when's our next ARC group build? Is Storm already gone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AT1Mike Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) im happy i could put truth to the myth for you! we all try to help each other out here. @mike: yeah, Rick Berg mentioned that he did a LOT of thinking and praying while he was on the glideslope, lol I'm sure he did! probably a little of what we used to call "*** puckering" too! Edited August 16, 2011 by AT1Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Hey, when's our next ARC group build? Is Storm already gone? he hasnt left yet, but he will be soon. im coming up again in the second week of october, i dont know after that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I'm sure he did! probably a little of what we used to call "*** puckering" too! im sure he took the seat cushion with him when he got up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A6BSTARM Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 The Tailhook Organization did have pictures of the event and described it just as it was mentioned, due to bad weather over the battle group these two F-14's divereted to the USS Midway. They had a full article written up about it in thier either the fall or winter issue of thier magazine "The Hook" in 2008; if my fauly memory serves me right for the issue. I would give them an email from one of thier contacts on the website, http://www.tailhook.org/, for more information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j-basset Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 The Classic Warships book entitled "USS Midway" by Pete Clayton has a photo of one of the F-14's about to leave the USS Midway, along with more details on the incident. I have a friend who flew E-2B's with VAW-115 'Liberty Bells' was there at the time, and did relate the incident to me as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Found this: http://www.cv41.org/ Go to Gallery. Click on Album: Life Aboard Midway and then Album: Friends and Foes to see pics of the F-14s. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 thank you to ever bodys help. now i know what they look like Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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