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Weekend Warrior NEWS
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S2F FLIGHT crew from Alameda-Harold Brauch, ADRI, Lt. Carl Baxter, Lt. Don Burriston and Lee Alan, ATN3, check operations chart.

MAJ DEAN H MEDARIS, pilot of VMA-142 of NAS Jacksonville, checks out one of new birds that replace Cougars, the A$D-1 Skyhawk.

Trained in Hawaii
  Two anti-submarine warfare squadrons from NARTU Alameda spent two weeks of active Navy training duty in the 50th state.
  The S2F Tracker aircraft flown by VS-875 and VS-876 was transported to Barber's Point, Hawaii, by aircraft carrier in advance of the training. Squadron personnel were airlifted by three Navy transports.
  First to make the cruise was VS-876 with Cdr. John Papedskis as Commanding Officer. 
  VS-875 and VS 876, flying around the clock operations, accumulated a total of 55 pilot hours for each aviator—an accomplishment in light of the fact that squadrons were unable to log flight time to and from Hawaii. Cdr. William Eckert, commanded VS-875 as the last squadron to depart NAS OAKLAND for training. 
Skyhawks for Marine Reservists
  April 1961 opened a new era for Marine Air Reserve Training in Florida. Maj. Dean H. Medaris became the first of the 55 reserve pilots from the three-squadron detachment at NAS JACKSONVILLE, Fla. to begin his check-out flight in the A4D-1 [[Italics]]Skyhawk[[Italics]] attack bomber.
  The Douglas [[Italics]]Skyhawk[[/Italics]] replaces the Grumman F9F-8B [[Italics]]Cougars[[/Italics]] for the Marine Air Reserve of Jax. 
  Col. Frank R. Porter, Jr., C.O. of the Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment enumerated some of the advantages of the [[Italics]]Skyhawk[[/Italics]] over the [[Italics]]Cougar[[/Italics]]. Most important is that the [[Italics]]Skyhawk[[/Italics]] is also being used by the


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C.L. EARNHEART, ADRC; E.S. Turner, BMC, T.G. Flanagan, and B.R. Hinesm PN1, of NARTU Dallas, were given awards by CNARESTRA. 
PRODUCER OF EAGLES is Frank Noble, AD3, at NARTU Memphis, Scoutmaster of Troop 62 of St. Peters Orphanage. Six are Eagles. 

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