Walk the flight line amid birds of war

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 11, 2011

~~<p>Growing up next to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay in the 1970s, Brad Hayes heard Phantoms, Skyhawks, Sea Stallions and Sea Knights flying overhead throughout the day and night, but he didn't mind. He has been an avid student of aviation history for 35 years.</p>
<p>"The TV series ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep' got me hooked at age 7," recalled Hayes, executive director of Naval Air Museum Barbers Point. "It aired from 1976 to 1978, and it was about Marine Fighter Squadron 214, a World War II unit of fighter pilots that was first commissioned at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa Field in early 1942. They became legends, and they got their start right here on Oahu!"</p>
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Growing up next to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay in the 1970s, Brad Hayes heard Phantoms, Skyhawks, Sea Stallions and Sea Knights flying overhead throughout the day and night, but he didn't mind. He has been an avid student of aviation history for 35 years.

"The TV series ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep' got me hooked at age 7," recalled Hayes, executive director of Naval Air Museum Barbers Point. "It aired from 1976 to 1978, and it was about Marine Fighter Squadron 214, a World War II unit of fighter pilots that was first commissioned at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa Field in early 1942. They became legends, and they got their start right here on Oahu!" Login for more...