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US NAVY PHOTO Photographer: John Lyons, USN
DESCRIPTION; Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawks of U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy attack squadrons on the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in 1960/61. Carrier Air Group 15 (CVW-15) aboard the Coral Sea had four Skyhawk squadrons assigned for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 19 September 1960 to 27 May 1961. Two additional Marine Corps squadrons were assigned, VMA-121 Green Knights, and VMA-324 Vagabonds. Both squadrons did not adopt CVG-15´s tail code "NL", but kept their own tail codes, "VK" (VMA-121) and "DX" (VMA-324). This picture shows five A4D-2s: Three from VMA-324 in the foreground, DX-616, DX-624 (BuNo 142873), and DX-626 (BuNo 142854); NL-502 (BuNo 145046) and NL-510 blong to VA-155 Silver Foxes. In the foreground two Douglas A3D-2 Skywarriors of heavy attack squadron VAH-2 Royal Rampants are partly visible, in the background is one of helicopter utility squadon HU-1 Det. D Pacific Fleet Angels´ Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever helicopters. The A4D-2 145046 was later sold to Singapore (converted to an A-4S).
USFG PHOTO Camera Operator: PH3 (AC) T. J. Pfrang
DESCRIPTION; A Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (BuNo. 150056) from U.S. Navy composite squadron VC-1 refuels a McDonnell F-4J Phantom II aircraft (BuNo 155508) from U.S. Marine Corps fighter-bomber squadron VMFA-235 on 1 March 1977.
US NAVY PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Douglas A-4F Skyhawk aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) (tailcode "NP") are parked on the flight deck of the attack aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19), armed for a mission over Vietnam on 25 May 1972. Skyhawks NP-501, -505, and -510 belong to attack squadron VA-55 Warhorses, NP-316 to VA-212 Rampant Raiders, NP-412 and NP-416 to VA-164 Ghost Riders. The aircraft are armed with Mk 82 (500 lb/227 kg) and Mk 83 (1000 lb/454 kg) bombs.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; A Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft of training wing TW-3 waits behind the blast deflector for its turn at the catapult as another Skyhawk clears the flight deck of the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS Lexington (AVT-16) during pilot carrier training. The Lexington was first commissioned on 17 February 1943. In 1963 she became a training carrier until being decommissioned on 8 November 1991. On 15 June 1992, the ship was donated as a museum and since then operates as the USS Lexington Museum at Corpus Christi (Texas, USA).
US NAVY PHOTO TAKEN BY PH2 Lawrence Foster, USN
DESCRIPTION; Air-to-air left view of a Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft (BuNo 153685) from Fleet Composite Squadron 1 (VC-1) as it is piloted by CDR Davis, the squadron's executive officer. Oahu, Hawaii, USA Date 10 August 1976.
US NAVY PHOTO photographer: PHC R.E. Rutledge, USN
DESCRIPTION; Two U.S. Navy Douglas A-4C Skyhawk aircraft of attack squadron VA-113 Stingers on the catapult of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) during that carrier's deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966. The U.S. Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) with dark green colours to blend in with the Vietnamese jungle. The results proved inconclusive for the U.S. Navy, whereas the U.S. Air Force concluded that the camouflage was effective. U.S. Navy planes would not be camouflaged until the 1980s. Note that oil from the engine oil breather has streaked the camouflage paint.
USFG PHOTO Camera Operator: PH3 Stoner, USN
DESCRIPTION; A Douglas A-4F Skyhawk (BuNo 154975) of U.S. Navy fleet replacement squadron VA-127 Cylons on 21 July 1975. This aircraft also served with the Blue Angels aerobatics team.
US NAVY PHOTO BY Robert Thompson, USN
DESCRIPTION; Douglas A-4E Skyhawks of Marine attack squadron VMA-311 Tomcats on the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in 1973. Nearest to the camera is A-4E BuNo 150049.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; A Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (BuNo 149495) of attack squadron VA-113 Stingers landing on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in March 1966. VA-113 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) and deployed to Vietnam aboard the Kitty Hawk.
USFG PHOTO Camera Operator: Sergeant Frank Refuerzo
DESCRIPTION; The last of the many: rollout of the last of 2,960 McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks at the company's plant at Long Beach, California (USA), on 27 February 1979. The aircraft was an A-4M, BuNo 160264, which is today on display at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at Miramar, California.
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