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Below: When McDonnell began producing the F3H-2 with added Sparrow-III Missile capability North Island was given the job to develop a prototype installation of the Sparrow-III system in the F3H-2N. I was a member of a team of engineers and planners who went to McDonnell to obtain the F3H-2 Sparrow-III installation data. We developed the prototype modification and, along with MCAS Cherry Point, produced a large quantity of F3H-2 equivalent aircraft which were redesignated F3H-2N/2. In the group picture in front of the prototype F3H-2/2N, I’m the taller of the two men between our team leader and Capt. J. Bowen as they are shaking hands. That missile is an old Sparrow-I someone dug up for the photograph. Larger view

Above, left: Howard Rundberg, 1975, Mission Systems Section Head in F-4 Engineering Division at North Island NAS. Howard's career in the Navy began during WW II, after which he served in many engineering roles until his retirement in 1980. Above, right: North Island was the designated overhaul point for the E-2 and the early warning radar system. An antenna test range was constructed for testing the Rotodome Antenna. I was on the range design team and wrote the test and adjustment procedures for the antenna. The procedures were so extensive that I worked overtime evenings until they were completed. One evening I took a break and walked around the building shown in the picture. I saw a person in camouflage crawling on the ground. He gestured and said: "Shhh, I’m a Navy SEAL lieutenant and we’re invading North Island". Okay, I went inside and back to writing my procedures.