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VX-5 Flag Football team, China Lake,
1956.
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Photo from Gerald Tiehel.
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VX-5 champion flag football team,
Norris #3, Penner #5, Gerald Tiehel
#7, Stremble behind #2 & #4, Freeman,
China Lake, November 1957.
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Photo from Gerald Tiehel.
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NAF China Lake football team, QB
Frank Turchi #1, Joe Van Aelst #12,
H. Sorensen #22, China Lake, 1962-63.
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The 1962 team finished in 2nd place
behind the Marines with a 4-1-1 record.
Photo from Frank Turchi.
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VX-5 football team: back row L to
R #5 Don Spruill, #7 Hobart Hale, #13
Vern Snyder, #8 Rich Hendrickson, front
row #21 Paul Dros, China Lake, 62-63.
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Photo from Paul Dros.
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The long and the short of it, VX-5
football team member #24 (unknown) and
Paul Dros #24, all 5' 5" of him, China
Lake, 1962-63.
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Photo from Paul Dros.
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VX-5 football team member Paul Dros,
China Lake, 1962-63.
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Photo from Paul Dros.
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VX-5 Basketball team circa 1964-65:
clockwise Ricky Aldaz, Lt. ?, Tom Rose,
Lt. ?, Joe Bramman, ?, ?, Jerry Schwarting,
Joe?, ?, Ron Johnson?
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Photo from Tom Rose.
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The Naval Air Facility's prize winning
Drill Team will be performing their
precision routines in the mile-long
Desert Empire Fair parade tomorrow,
China Lake, 17 September 1965. Rocketeer
photo.
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NAF's basketball squad (kneeling,
l-r) are forwards Mike Barnes, George
Johnson, Darrell Johnson; centers Bill
McCullough, Willie Westley. Standing
(l-r) are forward Lee Stuart, guards
Ed Bradley, Howard Kelley, and Don Lee,
China Lake, 14 January 1966. Rocketeer
photo.
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NAF Drill Team champs are scanned
by Capt. John I. Hardy, ComNOTS, at
ADMAT Personnel Inspection Friday, 04
March 1966. Rocketeer photo.
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Award winning NAF 17 man drill team
is headed by ADR-3 Rudolph Falcone,
China Lake, 20 May 1966. Rocketeer photo.
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NAF's Chargers took the opening game
of the Flag Football season by a 21
to 18 victory over the VX-5 Vampires.
Team members are: Front row, (l-r) D.
A. Lee, F. E. Allen, D. E. Horton, R.
L. Novak, H. L. Vandervort, R. G. Hays
and W. C. Westley. Second row, G. L.
Johnson, Defensive Captain, R. R. Kornegay,
A. D. Holford, M. R. Mowery, Offensive
Captain and Coach, K. H. Kapper, L.
Cross and C. L. Owens. Seven players
not shown are M. Barnes, L. T. Brown,
B. "T" Collins, Jr., W. L. McCullough,
D. E. Miller, J. M. Ragon and J. D.
Tuttle, China Lake, 23 September 1966.
Rocketeer photo..
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The Chargers, NAF's outstanding Flag
Football team, has taken the season's
championship with an enviable undefeated
record. Kneeling (l to r) are B. "T"
Collins, H. L. Vandervort, R. G. Hayes,
L. Cross, and A. P. Mavrakos. Standing
(l to r) W. C. Westley, G. L. Johnson
(defensive captain), M. R. Mowrey (offensive
captain and team coach), Lt. R. R.
Kornegay, W. L. McCullough, D. E. Miller,
M. Barnes, and R. L. Novak, China Lake,
10 November 1966. Rocketeer photo.
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NAF Rifle Team members John Stalcup &
L. P. Robertson, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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NAF Rifle Team members Bob Puszcz,
T. C. Leonard, John Stalcup, ???, J.
E. Fleming & ???, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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NAF Rifle Team members John Stalcup,
L.P. Robertson & J. E. Fleming,
about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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NAF Rifle Team members, l-r: J. E.
Fleming, Bob Puszcz, L. P. Robertson &
John Stalcup, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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Rifle range, Camp Elliot, a WW2 Marine
base across the highway from NAS, Miramar,
about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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Rifle Team on the rifle range at
Camp Elliot, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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John Stalcup, Camp Elliot rifle range,
about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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John Stalcup, Camp Elliot rifle range,
about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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Camp Elliot, Bob Puszcz second from
left, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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The 11th Naval District awards ceremony
for the district championships, the
China Lake team was one of the winners
in rifle, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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NAF AT shop CWO Zacharias with the
NAF China Lake trophy, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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Rifle range, Camp Elliot, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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11th Naval District rifle & pistol
Invitational Tournament, about 1968.
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Photo © John Stalcup.
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Bob Puszcz and the NAF Rifle Team's
Team Match trophy and Bob's expert marksman
trophy, August 1968.
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Photo © Bob Puszcz.
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NAF men's bowling league trophy winners.
Front row (l-r) ADJ2 Joe Mittlesdorf,
AS2 Joe Wicklung, AT1 Jerry Steele &
CYNSN Jim Latta. Back row (l-r) Lt.
Jim Kinchelow, AT1 A. C. Winslow, YN1
Bill Tenan, ATC Dick Bauers, PNC Gil
Tomeldan and PN1 Frank Morris, China
Lake, 30 May 1969. Rocketeer photo.
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VX-5 Basketball champs, (front row,
l-r) Jim Prophet, Ron Lyons, Charles
Fleming, and Doug Karpatien. Back row
(l-r) are Ken Middleton, Bob Bougher,
Ken Cappell, Terry Atkinson and Gary
Ellwinger, China Lake, 07 March 1969.
Rocketeer photo.
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