Wings of the Morning

A-4 Skyhawk A-6 Intruder able aboard air wing aircraft airport airspeed altitude anti-aircraft approach arrested landing arresting wires attack bad guys began bombs boulder carrier catapult Christ circling climb close calls clouds coast cockpit combat couple crash crewman cruise dark descending directly dive ejection ejection seat feet finally fire flare flight deck flight level flying Fresnel Lens Get-home-itis glide slope going ground happened head heard helo jet stream Joseph knew later litter lives looked LORD miles missiles missing mission mountains NAS Lemoore NASB Naval Academy Naval Aviation night night trap NORDO North Vietnam parachute pilot plane Psalm pulled radar radio realized rescue ridgeline rolled runway ship shot simply South China Sea speed squadron strap surface-to-air missiles survival vest target thing thought tion told trying turn valley Viet Cong visual volcano wingman