Originally Posted by
Airbubba
I can remember seeing the Habu's strutting around the O'Club at Mildenhall in their international orange flight suits in the late 1970's.
Originally Posted by
megan
Standard issue to all.
Not in the U.S. Air Force or Navy in the late 1970's as I recall. And I think some SAC general finally took them away from the Beale crews in 1981 according to the account of Rich Graham on page 17 of his book cited earlier,
SR-71 Revealed: The Inside Story (1996).
Is that a USN solo picture with a T-28 in the 1960's? I think those suits were cotton, not Nomex and were phased out when the Vietnam War got going hot and heavy.
Originally Posted by
megan
Re Jack Mecham, I think some reporter has got his wires crossed in perhaps misunderstanding what the man may have said.
Actually, that 2003 article in the first link seems to be by the guy I spoke with at the X-plane hangar in 2006. The note about the author says he volunteers at the Air Force Museum. 