Wing Men
Who Was Behind the Navy Tomcats?
by Neal Matthews
The sailors in Fighter Squadron VF-51 with the most contact and responsibility for the $35 million F-14 fighter jets are the plane captains, who are in their late teens and early twenties, and during aircraft carrier cruises during the Cold War they seek relief from their dangerous jobs in the most legendary liberty ports in the Western Pacific.
Posted April 7, 2014