The REMEOs recently took a tour of the new 199th Fighter Squadron operations facility Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. Lt Col Kristof “JAG” Sills conducted the tour.
The REMEOs are retired fighter pilots and navigators who served in the 199th Fighter Squadron. There are flyers from the 1950s through the recent years that have monthly get-togethers. click on photograph to enlarge
In the photo above are:
Back row: Harold “Ninja” Fujii, Tai “Mynah” Hong, Joseph “Primo” Ah New, Robert Maguire, Robert “BD” Darrow, Gerrit “Oz” Osborne, William “Rocket” Spillane, Geoffrey “Thunder” Avery, Melvin “Humphrey“ Souza, Kent “KG” Gammel, John “Saigon” Lee, Bruce “Ace” Ellinwood (hidden), Richard Hastings, Ken “Dusty” Sussel
Kneeling: David “DYFL” Lung, John King, Leroy “Stringer” Perry, James “Gooch” Haruguchi
Sitting: Alan “Bizarre” Robinson, Gaylord “Lordy” Dowson, Wayne “Wildman” Wakeman, Harold “Shaka” Schatz
In case you’re wondering ROMEO is the acronym for “Retired Old Men Eating Out”.
Special thanks to Dick Hastings, who provided the photograph and helped with some of the names.
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