<p>A Douglas AD-6 <i>Skyraider</i> (BuNo 137597) Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65) "Fist of the Fleet" enroute from Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda to NAS Miramar (both in California, USA), in March 1958. The plane was flown by Lt(jg) Jim Jones. VA-65 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 2 (CVG-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Midway</i> (CVA-41) with the next deployment starting on 16 August 1958. VA-65 would be redesignated VA-25 on 1 July 1959.<br></p>
The AD-6 (A-1H) 137597 would later be transferred to the U.S. Air Force, and would be one of the last 19 <i>Skyraider</i>s turned over to the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) by the 1st SOS in November of 1972.
Lt.Cdr. Jerry Tabrum, USN
1958-03
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