Two U.S. Navy Douglas A-4B <i>Skyhawk</i>s (BuNo 142126, 144943) from a detachment of Fleet Defense Fighter Squadron VSF-1 "War Eagles"  are waiting to be launched from the U.S. anti-submarine aircraft carrier USS <i>Yorktown</i> (CVS-10) during a dependents day cruise, in 1966. The VSF-1 detachment was assigned to Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Group 55 (CVSG-55) for a deployment to Vietnam from 5 January to 27 July 1966. Four Grumman S-2E <i>Tracker</i>s are passing the <i>Yorktown</i>. Note that the A-4Bs have the VSF-1 tail code "NA", whereas CVSG-55's tail code was "NU". Over 4,000 family-day cruise visitors enjoyed the air show.
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1966
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News June 1968 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1968/jun68.pdf">[1]</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery.php">U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation</a> photo No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display.php?irn=16003487&amp;QueryPage=%2Femuwebdoncoms%2Fpages%2Fdoncoms%2FAdvQuery.php">1996.253.4217</a>