VF-162 Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: John DeWall
From: Waterloo,NY
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I was in VF 162 in 61-62 and made Med Cruise on the Intrepid. Would enjoy hearing from anyone that was in the squadron at that time.

Added: March 21, 2015

Submitted by
Name: Del Irons
From: Bonners Ferry,Id
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Joined the squadron in Feb. 1966, left in July 1970 . It was a good squadron with a lot of very good men. I now live in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Added: April 16, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Bob Boatner
From: Diamondhead,Ms
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
VF-162 from January 1961- November 1963. Med 1961-62 on Intrepid. 1963-64 Oriskany WestPac. AME2 on transfer to Heavy 3 Sanford. Willie Stone was the First Class in command. And I remember Beetle Baily. And Tom Leathers was a friend of mine. He was from Dexter, Missouri.

Added: March 24, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Neil Summers
From: Romance, AR
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I was in VF-162 from '64 till Spring '66. I made the '65 Westpac as an AT1 assigned to QA Div. Some great memories of that time. Retired in 1978 as AVCM.

Added: February 26, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Jim Kapsa
From: Wyandotte,Mi.
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I was in VF-162 from 1962 to 1965. I was friends with Liptak and Wyatt. Liptak name was Steve not Gary and Wyatt was Lynn D, Wyatt.... I worked in the paint shop and did all the stars and belly bans on the planes.
Have not seen or heard from Liptak or Wyatt since I was discharged. I have seen Tom Brueske.

Added: February 18, 2014

Submitted by
Name: Bill Bailey
From: Escondido California
E-mail: Contact

Comments:

Today I found another of our VF-162 Shipmates, Billy Morgan. He called me and we spoke for about an hour, was so glad to re contact him. If you remember him you can get in touch by contacting me and I will pass on his contact info. I also spoke today with Jim Bennett wow how cool is this. God bless you all. Beetle.

Added: December 15, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Rob Lockett
From: Singapore
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
There is an F-8 with VF-162 markings in an aircraft park in Savigny in Burgundy, France.

Nose number is 204 and pilot name is Lt Richard E Wyman.

Looks like there is a French F-8 parked next to it

Added: October 31, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Clark Hunt
From: Medical Lake, WA
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Flight Training buddy of LCDR Richard Minnich. Rich was lost over north Vietnam in 1968 and was listed as MIA for many years before being confirmed as a KIA pilot. I last saw him in the Yokosuka O Club the night before he left for his last trip to Yankee Station.

Added: September 15, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Kenneth Etten
From: Medford, Wisconsin
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I was an AMS-2 and assigned to the airframes shop where I concentrated primarily on corrosion control. I clearly remember the day that Frederico was seriously wounded as I was working with him on the F8 directly ahead of the one that fired off the rounds. Fortunately the only thing that impacted me was that I could not hear well for a few days. I later transferred to Cubi Point along with Joe Brunson where we did substantial corrosion control and total repainting of the aircraft. I still have a picture that someone took of me painting the multicolored stars on Stockdale's "00".

Added: July 18, 2013

Submitted by
Name: Frank Stees
From: Rigby, Idaho
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I was an ADJ-2 in VF-91 aboard the USS Ranger in 1962-63 and then in VF-162 (1964-65) aboard the Oriskany with Bill Bailey, Al Kasch and others. I remember John Frederico hit with 20mm rounds on the hanger deck in 1965 during rewiring of the nose wheel steering button to fire the guns so the panal selector switch could be left for bomb and missile racks.

Added: July 17, 2013