{"id":4872,"date":"2014-04-11T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retireenews.wordpress.com\/?p=4872"},"modified":"2024-11-06T18:45:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T18:45:48","slug":"remeos-tour-new-199-fs-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2014\/04\/11\/remeos-tour-new-199-fs-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"ROMEOs Tour New 199 FS Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The REMEOs recently took a tour of the new 199th Fighter Squadron operations facility Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Lt Col Kristof &#8220;JAG&#8221; Sills<\/strong><\/span> conducted the tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The REMEOs are retired fighter pilots and navigators who served in the 199<sup>th<\/sup> Fighter Squadron. There are flyers from the 1950s through the recent years that have monthly get-togethers.<em>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\">click on photograph to enlarge<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/04\/remeo-visit-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/04\/remeo-visit-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/04\/remeo-visit-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">In the photo above are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Back row: <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Harold <em>&#8220;Ninja&#8221;<\/em> Fujii, Tai <em>&#8220;Mynah&#8221;<\/em> Hong, Joseph <em>&#8220;Primo&#8221;<\/em> Ah New, Robert Maguire, Robert <em>&#8220;BD&#8221;<\/em> Darrow, Gerrit <em>&#8220;Oz&#8221;<\/em> Osborne, William <em>&#8220;Rocket&#8221;<\/em> Spillane, Geoffrey <em>&#8220;Thunder&#8221;<\/em> Avery, Melvin <em>\u201cHumphrey\u201c<\/em> Souza, Kent <em>&#8220;KG&#8221;<\/em> Gammel, John <em>&#8220;Saigon<\/em>&#8221; Lee, Bruce <em>&#8220;Ace&#8221;<\/em> Ellinwood (<em>hidden), <\/em>Richard Hastings, Ken <em>&#8220;Dusty&#8221;<\/em> Sussel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kneeling: &nbsp;<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">David <em>&#8220;DYFL&#8221;<\/em> Lung, John King, Leroy <em>&#8220;Stringer&#8221;<\/em> Perry, James <em>\u201cGooch\u201d<\/em> Haruguchi<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sitting: <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Alan <em>&#8220;Bizarre&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;Robinson, Gaylord <em>&#8220;Lordy&#8221;<\/em> Dowson, Wayne <em>&#8220;Wildman&#8221;<\/em> Wakeman, Harold <em>&#8220;Shaka&#8221;<\/em> Schatz<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case you\u2019re wondering ROMEO is the acronym for \u201c<em>Retired Old Men Eating Out<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Special thanks to Dick Hastings, who provided the photograph and helped with some of the names.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>The appearance of external hyperlinks did not constitute endorsement by Retiree News, this included the linked websites, information, products, or services contained therein. 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