A U.S. Navy Douglas A4D-2 <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 142716) of Attack Squadron 12 (VA-12) "Flying Ubangis" is about to launch from the aircraft carrier USS <i>Forrestal</i> (CVA-59). VA-12 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10) aboard the <i>Forrestal</i> for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 2 September 1958 to 12 March 1959.
U.S. Navy
1959
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/0259cm.jpg">[1]</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/59.htm">Navsource.org</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navalaviationnews.navylive.dodlive.mil/">U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News</a>/<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues.html">(Archive)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues/1950/1959/august.html">August 1959</a>, p. 25.