Just curious.

In 1958 a friend of mine in Airgroup Nineteen said that some of his VA-195
AD squadron mates had SIOP missions as long as twenty four hours during our
WestPac deployment. He claimed to have flown a fifteen hour SIOP training
mission. He also said they carried four different types of pills to keep
them awake and alert, especially during carrier landing on return.

Fortunately I was in VA-192 flying the FJ-4B which had SIOP missions of
three hours max.

Can anyone verify Spad SIOP missions of 24 hours?


Bill Allen


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