A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas A4D-2 <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 142938) of Marine Attack Squadron VMA-121 <i>Green Knights</i> being put into place on the waist catapult aboard  the aircraft carrier USS <i>Coral Sea</i> (CVA-43). VMA-121 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 15 (CVW-15) aboard the <i>Coral Sea</i> for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 19 September 1960 to 27 May 1961. Note that VMA-121 did not adopt CVG-15´s tail code "NL", but kept its own "VK".
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