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SpazSinbad
 
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[URL no longer workee] NAS Meridian TRAwingONE trains furriners

USN LSO Newsletter Dec 2013: http://hrana.org/wp-content/uploads/...cember2013.pdf [no workee]
“...We travelled to Brazil; I know everyone feels bad for us for that one, thanks for your pity. What we saw there was a group of naval Aviators, no different from us. They’ve all been through our pipeline and have at least 10 traps on our boats, but these guys have no working aircraft carrier to continue their careers and they’ve been waiting for it for over 8 years. They only have 2 lenses, one on the ship and one at their FCLP field. They plan to make do with what they’ve got and they are continuing to look our way for some LSO guidance and support when the opportunities arise to get some deck time. It was great to head down to the Southern Hemisphere, wave some A-4s, navigate some head high faces,....”

VT-7 Eagles: http://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw1/vt7/

NAS Kingsville furriners: https://www.boeing.com/news/frontier...il/i_ids04.pdf
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