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Here is the first photo of A/C 220 when we received it in 1983. On the back of the photo it says the following:
KA-3B Buno # 138944 Aircraft landed at PMTC, Point Mugu 9 Mar 1983 at 14:30 for the newly established
VAQ-34 Command.
Arriving with the aircraft were LCDR. Steve "Crash" Land, LCDR "Black Bart" Bast, and Master Chief Dennis "The Menace" Ledgerwood.
Photo taken by: AZ3 Robin Usina (AKA MacFadden)
(webmasters note:  I saw AZC Usina/McFadden on the Wheel of Fortune back in 1990.   She won big time)
 
Shown in the picture is L-R: unk, unk, LCDR "Magnet" Regan, AMSAN Hawkins (checking the oil on the stbd engine) unk with bags, LCDR "Crash" Land,   unk,  LCDR "Ratman" Sanford,  unk,  unk on stand,   AMSC Mike Selke,  AMSC Dave Lopez.

From the "Ratman"  GD220 was assigned to Strike at Pax before it went to the Boneyard.