VP-65 (PG 06) P-3C (BuNo unknown) at an unknown airfield, 28 March 1993. Photographed by Vance Vasquez. (SDASM
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VP-65 (PG 06) P-3C (BuNo unknown) at an unknown airfield, 28 March 1993. Photographed by Vance Vasquez. (SDASM
VP-65 #06. This is at NAS Point Mugu. I was in VFA-305 “Lobos” F/A-18’s in the background at the time. VP-65 and VFA-305 were on the east side of the airfield. Weapon Center was on the west side and the Calif. Air Guard was to the NE. In Oct. ’93 this area would have the Southland fires, the fire from Thousand Oaks would came on base. The body of a missing Thousand Oaks woman
(3 years) would be found near Hwy 1.
Thank you,Kenneth. TDiA suspected that it was NAS Point Mugu, but was uncertain. Thank you for the confirmation. As a government contract helicopter pilot 1984–1996, I made hundreds of flights out of NAS Point Mugu (NTD), OLF San Nicolas Island (NSI), NALF San Clemente Island (LID) and NAWS China Lake (NID), supporting missile and flight operations with observation, recovery of MQM-74 Chukar target drones at sea, photographic and instrumentation flights, range surveillance, personnel and cargo transportation to various test and telemetry sites throughout the eight Channel Islands, operating from the Surface Targets Directorate’s target ships, etc. I was able to observe many very interesting projects. . . The body of Nancy Huter, who had been missing 20 months, was found 20 feet inside the perimeter fence of NAS Point Mugu, south of Las Posas Road, 4 November 1993. As far as I know, her murder has never been solved.
Bryan you are correct. The murder of my lifelong friend, Nancy Huter, was never solved. Her parents are both gone now and her siblings are getting older like me. Knowing Nancy like our family did, we know that it would have taken either a very strong person to overpower her or a couple of people. The whole story may never be known. I hope and pray that some day justice may be served. Nancy was a sweet woman. RIP
BTW I was one of the EMT Instructors for Pt Mugu NWS Fire Department back in the mid 80’s, and was on a fire handcrew in Ventura County in 1980. Respect to all copter pilots and fixed wing pilots. GUTS!
PS – @BryanSwopes…. My Grandfather’s first wife was Agatha Swopes who died from the Spanish Flu in 1918. She is buried in Santa Paula cemetary.
Thank you, Jim, That is interesting. My paternal grandparents lived in Piru in the late ’30s–early ’40s, and my father went to high school in Santa Paula (Class of 1943). My grandfather, Bartemous Alfred Swopes, was one of 13 children. He was born in Missouri in 1899. None of his siblings, though, were named Agatha, and none died of the Spanish Flu. He worked his way to California during World War I, building railroads. . . I just took a look at Ancestry.com (an amazing source which I often use researching for This Day in Aviation). Agatha Swopes was a daughter of William Thomas Swopes, my great-grand uncle. Agatha would have been a cousin of my grandfather. I wonder if he knew her? Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It fills a place in my family history.