[SeaHawkFan]

Interestingly, when I went through P-cola a few years before this gentleman, the F-14 was generally the #3 or #4 choice for NFOs after A-6s, EA-6Bs, and S-3s.

Wonder if the opportunity to be stationed at NAS Whidbey Island had anything to do with that.

[BlueNgold]

Our the fact that RIOs generally got no respect...

Fair our not the RIO was often considered an appendage to the fighter jock. A second class citizen in the aviator world.

And everyone remembers...
Goose died.
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I remember Miramar in the good old days... Even the not so local girls learned to spot two anchors. Surface dinks (like me) could often get more attention. More than once heard a girl give a RIO a localized brush off.. “sorry, I don’t play in the back seat.”

Not saying it was fair or right... just saying it happened.