VF-121 PACEMAKERS Cdr. R. E. "Dusty" Rhodes

NAVAL AVIATION NEWS
PEOPLE - PLANES - PLACES VF-121 PACEMAKERS Cdr. R. E. "Dusty" Rhodes Published in the September 1955 Issue of Naval Aviation News Photographer & Author: Unknown
		VF-121 is the first F9F-8 squadron to qualify all its pilots in air-to-air refueling, according to NAS Miramar. The Pacemakers commanded by Cdr. R. E. Rhodes worked with AJ Savage tankers from VC-6. The squadron timed their rendezvous perfectly off the coast at San Diego, California.

Comments added by the Alumni Association: Cdr. R. E. "Dusty" Rhodes was Boss of the Blue Angels 1947/50.