Forgot to mention That I was with VFA-127 in Fallon as a contractor. Top Gun split into VFA-126 “Aggressors” and VFA-127 “Adversary”. 127 was made up of contractors when it was moved to NAS Fallon. I was avionics at that time but cross trained in Hyd contamination, Fuel Contamination and Tire/Wheel maintenance. Spent five years with the Adversary’s before taking a Plane Captain job with CINATRA. Loved the work at NAS, but Fallon sucked at the time for a single guy. Majority of the available women were married!
I did not know it was split out like that! (I did mention my buddy was in VFA-126 I think!) but yeah, I can imagine Fallon was a bit different in that respect...:(