The Marine guard that inadvertently jettisoned the canopy from a parked F-14 to sit in the Tomcat cockpit. The missiles aboard (1 AIM-54, 1 AIM-7 and 1 AIM-9) did not have the pins but were not damaged. – The Aviation Geek Club
Key explanatory text within the message was encrypted in “aviator acronyms” – “GF,” YGTBSM,” WTFO,” and “HS,” and other coded exclamations were liberally salted throughout the narrative. The Black Lions of VF-213 were among the first Miramar squadrons to receive the F-14A Tomcat, beginning conversion to it in September 1976, the new F-14 replacing venerable …