21-25 September Virginia Beach, VA
This year's reunion was held in conjunction with the NAS Oceana Airshow and in celebration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation. A great time was had by all in spite of the unfavorable weather at the air-show. Click here for photos. Planning is underway for the next reunion. Front runner for the location is San Diego.
From the time we began flying Tomcats in 1975, the Fighting Checkmates painted our aircraft tails with checkerboard rudders, horizontal stripes at top