Message posted by Chris McDowell on June 24, 2005 at 14:04:22 PST:

This VF-31 F-14 was at Naval Auxiliary Landing Field (NALF) Fentress last Monday when it lost hydraulics and was forced to make an emergency arrested landing. The pilot at the controls was Rear Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., Commander, Carrier Strike Group Two.

It may interest some to know that Admiral Winnefeld, at the time a Lieutenant, was one of the advisors on the movie Top Gun, and portrayed one of the "MiG-28" pilots in the film.

Chris M.

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