Ralph Hewling farthest right in picture.
Ralph Taylor Hewling Buena Vista, Colorado February 12, 1953 - January 15, 2016
Ralph T. Hewling, 62, of Buena Vista, died peacefully at home on January 15, 2016. Ralph was born on February 12, 1953 in Chic
Read more…Hopefully everyone has already made their travel and housing plans for this airshow. 156608 will be on display with the other static display aircraft.
MidSouth Airshow website156608 on the flightline again.
With RVAH-13 on the America in 1971
With his wife, Donna.
Headstone at BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY, PENSACOLA, FL
From his son on Facebook:
"On 1/18/2022 we lost Thomas Stancik Sr. who served in the Navy from 1968-1971 aboard the USS Ranger. RVAH-1 He was discharged in 1971 after sustaining a gun shot wound in Albany, GA. He went on to get his Masters in Social W
Carol Castleman Smith, Jr
7 Sep 1930 to 14 Oct 1983
Sunday, October 16, 1983
Norfolk - Age 53, Commander of Naval Air Forces in the Atlantic. The funeral will be conducted at 11:00 am Monday, October 17, 1983 in Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Ch
Ken's daughter, Holly, has reported that Ken passed away in March of 2021.
Ken Lindsey, 71, passed away March 18, 2021, at home in the loving presence of his beloved daughter, Holly. Ken was born in San Antonio, and was a Texan through an
The Hey Joes on Facebook seem to think everyone wants a tee shirt with the image of the patch below on it I contacted Carl of Plane Crazy Enterprises (a real memorabilia seller) and asked if a tee shirt was possible. He said he can have one done but
Read more…Yolanda Harris Skelly
Yolanda “Lanny” Harris Skelly of Tallahassee, Florida passed away Friday, June 4, 2021.
Lanny was born July 9, 1939 in Key West, Florida to William Curry Harris and Yolanda Mendoza Harris. She met the love of her life while sh
MR. DONALD “DONNIE” JOE ENNIS, age 64, of Eastman, GA, formerly of Chicago, IL, died Thursday, December 2, 2021, at Dodge County Hospital.
A celebration of life service will be held at 3:00PM Mon
Is anyone here in contact with former RVAH-7 Naval Aviator William "Bill" Westmoreland? He was the pilot that flew Bu#156608 to Memphis (which was the last known flight of a Vigilante) and we hope to track him down and invite him to attend a planed r
Read more…From Captain Coffee's Facebook page:
We are saddened to relay the news of Captain Jerry Coffee’s passing on Friday November 12th 2021 after 87 years and countless achievements.
OBITUARY Lloyd Warren Pearson December 16, 1945 – September 8, 2020
Lloyd Warren Pearson 74, Natural Dam, AR passed from this earthly vessel into the arms of Jesus on September 8, 2020 at the Baptist Hospice Center in Fort Smith, AR. He faithfully fou
William J. Belay
Cdr., U.S.N. (Retired)
June 9, 1931 - March 8, 2001
Passed away at his home in Pensacola, Florida.
Survived by two sons, James (Carol) of Atlanta, GA and Glenn of Tallahassee, FL; and one beloved granddaughter, Claire Marie of Atlanta
Like a busy beaver I've been working behind the scenes on various projects to hopefully improve the website.
One thing I've done is updated the choices of Commands/Squadrons that can be selected when signing up for a membership to include all the VA
I'm in the middle of slowly adding everyone to categories based on the squadron(s) everyone listed when they joined. As I work my way through everyone should see their listed squadron's patch in the bottom right hand corner of their profile picture o
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