Previously Held NEC 8351-A-4 Maintenance Technician
AD-8357-J-57 Engine Intermediate Maintenanceman
8327-Organizational Maintenance
AVCM-8300-Aviation Maintenance Material Control Master Chief
As of 31 March 2021, I will be a full-time retired and free thinker. I will be enjoying my grandchildren, target shooting, and working on our property and whatever else I want to do and when I want to do it (Unless my wife tells me otherwise). I will be working in a small business on the side with my lovely bride (soulmate). I am ready to do what, when and how I want to and whatever pleases me, within the limits of the law of course. God Bless!!!
NEC AD-8357-J-57 Engine Intermediate Maintenanceman
Base, Station or City NAS Alameda
State/Country California
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VAK-208 The Jockeys Details
When the Naval Air Reserve was reorganized in 1970 Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 208 was established on July 31 at NAS Alameda, California, as part of Carrier Air Wing Twenty.
Equipped with KA-3Bs to support CVWR-20 operations, VAQ-208 also began providing air refueling and pathfinding for Navy and Marine tactical aircraft being ferried to Southeast Asia.
During the 1971 India-Pakistan conflict and the 1973 Yom Kippur War, VAQ-208 jointly with VAQ-308 provided crews and aircraft to support emergency deployments of U.S. Naval aircraft.
During the seventies, the squadron also provided tanking platforms for test and development of the Lockheed S-3A Viking and Grumman F-14A Tomcat. On 1 October 1979, in recognition of its primary use as a refueling and pathfinding unit, the squadron was redesignated VAK-208. They were disestablished 30 September 1989.
