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You've just landed at the Base of the Golden Gate Wing! Here you can find the latest news and what's going on!
If you are not a member, check us out! We are a very active group of the CAF, with Fly Days, Dinner meetings with guest speaker, we participate in airshows, organize trips and tours, and we maintain 2 aircraft: an SNJ-5 and a T-33! You can see these historic aircraft up close, participate in operations, and best of all, get a hand in keeping 'em flying!
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Dinner Meeting Location:
We are holding our monthly dinner meetings at the former Naval Air Station
(NAS) Alameda "Terminal Building".
Click here for
directions
View the latest Proptalk issue online!
(PDF format - 2.8 Megabytes)
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August 28, 2008 Guest Speaker:
LT CMDR Terry Howell USN (Ret)
* Designated a Naval Aviator with "Wings of Gold" on September 1961 at NAS-Corpus Christi
* Sent to NAS-North Island, in a RAG, ready for assignment to the Fleet as a fighter pilot
* "Luck of the draw" led to assignment, instead, to P5M "Marlin" Flying Boats in Patrol Squadrons
* Flew five (5) combat tours in Southeast Asia during Vietnam War -- armed reconnaissance patrol
* 1st two (2) tours in VP-47, flying armed P5Ms -- bombs, rockets and guns -- in 1964 & 1965
* Took-off from Manila Bay (JATO Assist) to Tonkin Gulf, round trip; also squadron test pilot
* Next three (3) tours to Vietnam in P-3 "Orion" in 1966, 1971 & 1973
* Also, one (1) tour onboard carrier USS "Midway", handpicked as the CIC Air Warfare Officer
* Flew many years from NAS-Moffet Field in P-3s, anti-submarine warfare missions
* Flew T-28, S-2F, P5M, P-3, T-33 and other aircraft; over 6,000 flight hours, 3,000 in P-3s
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2008 Formation Clinic
Photos from the recent Formation Flying Clinic which was held at Castle/Merced on April 25-27.
Click the photo above for complete details.
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P-40 Warhawk Aces Symposium - August 31, 2008
Located at Aerospace Museum of CA, Sacramento's former McClellan Air Force Base.
Join us as we present our Summer 2008 symposium and meet these “Warhawk” Aces who accounted for 32 destroyed enemy aircraft while flying during WWII. The day will provide an opportunity to personally meet and hear the Aces share their experiences flying in the Pacific & CBI Theater of Operations.
ACES THAT WILL BE ON THE PANEL
Maj Bob Aschenbrener – 10 victory Ace with the 49th FG
Col Joe Griffin – 7 victory Ace with 23rd FG
Capt Lynn Jones – 5 victory Ace with 23rd FG
Col Jim Morehead – 8 victory Ace with the 49th FG
LtCol Sammy Pierce – 7 victory Ace with the 49th FG
Admission Rates: Active NCF Members - $30.00, Non-NCF Members - $35.00
For questions call us at 408-725-8095 or 925-609-9222 or
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