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  • Sanchez makes naval history(F-14 Tomcats being phased out)

    07/02/2004 5:27:53 PM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 111 replies · 1,383+ views
    The Bee-Picayune ^ | July 2, 2004
    - Ens. Manuel Sanchez, VX-30 maintenance material control officer, recently made history by being the last Navy F-14 Tomcat test and evaluation maintenance material control officer. According to tradition, Sanchez took a supersonic ride in the back of the F-14 Tomcat which he said was the time of his life. “If you haven’t heard, the world famous Tomcat that Tom Cruise put on the map with the movie Top Gun is currently disestablishing from the Navy,” Sanchez said. “We at Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Three Zero (VX-30) ‘The Bloodhounds’ out of Point Mugu, Calif., are a Combat Support Unit....