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Marine Attack Squadron 513
VMA-513 "Flying Nightmares"
(Photographs by Nancy Wingo)
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In the hallway are photos of former commanding officers. We discovered our
late friend MGEN Frank Lang who had the squadron when it was VMFN-513
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Boeing AV-8B "Harrier" #02 Captain Sam "Bugs" Benefiel was our host
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Captain Daniel Fletcher has his name
on this side of the cockpit
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Sam is about to turn around and discover that his name is misspelled
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Bugs demonstrates the Reaction Control System, used while hovering
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Captain Benefiel and Commander Fry
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Sam opens the nose cone but keeps the wraps on the APG-65 radar
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The squadron Color Bird -- or Flagship --
was in for a complete overhaul
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Captain Benefiel points out some of the photos in Nightmare Alley
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Its not the same as the Death Rattlers'
party bus, but it gets folks around
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