A U.S. Navy Ling-Temco-Vought A-7E-12-CV <i>Corsair II</i> (BuNo 158824) from Attack Squadron 82 (VA-82) "Marauders" is launched from the aircraft carrier USS <i>Nimitz</i> (CVN-68), circa in 1978. VA-82 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the <i>Nimitz</i> for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 1 December 1977 to 20 July 1978.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvn68-78/091.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvn68-78/index_009.htm">USS <i>Nimitz</i> (CVN-68) 1977-1978 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>