<p>Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) planes on the USS <i>Ticonderoga</i> (CVA-14) in 1966 during a deployment to Vietnam. Visible on the flight deck and starboard elevator are three Vought F-8E <i>Crusader</i> fighters from VF-51 <i>Screaming Eagles</i> (BuNo 149152) and VF-53 <i>Iron Angels </i> (BuNo 150853 and 150863) as well as two Douglas A-1H <i>Skyraider</i> attack planes from VA-52 <i>Knight Riders</i>. The tail in the right upper corner belongs to a Douglas A-4C attack plane of VA-144 <i>Roadrunners</i>.
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The F-8E BuNo 149152 was damaged by AAA and shot down by a MiG-17 on 21 June 1966.
Taken by Lee Noland STGC, USN, from the destroyer <i>USS Bausell (DD-845)</i>
early 1966 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719727</div>
www.navsource.org photo NS021477a. Allowed to be published by giving source and photographer.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/14.htm">[1]</a>