Tomcat Sunset
The Tomcat Sunset took place between 20 and 23 September
2006 in
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The pinnacle of these events was to be the
Final Flight ceremony, taking place aboard Naval Air Station Oceana on 22
September. Several F-18s from former
F-14 squadrons were on static display along with a single F-14, Felix
103. The Final Flight was scheduled to
be flown in Felix 102 by Commander Jim Howe, Commanding Officer of VF-31
with Lieutenant Commander Bill Lind acting as the Radar Intercept Officer. At the last minute, Felix 102 suffered a generator failure and the final flight was flown in the spare aircraft (Felix 107)
by Lieutenant Commander Chris Richard and Lieutenant
Mike Petronis.
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