<p>A Douglas A-1H <i>Skyraider</i> (BuNo 135263) of attack squadron VA-115 <i>Arabs</i>, Attack Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11), on the aircraft carrier USS <i>Kitty Hawk</i> (CVA-63) in 1966. The plane is armed with six M117 750 lb bombs for a mission over Vietnam. This plane was later in service with the 1st Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing, U.S. Air Force, and shot down by flak at Ban Karai Pass, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, on 28 July 1970. The pilot bailed out and was rescued.<br></p>
In the background are two McDonnell F-4G <i>Phantom II</i>s (BuNos 150481 and 150487) of figher squadron VF-213 <i>Black Lions</i>. The <i>Phantom</i>s are two of the short-lived USN-F-4Gs, 12 were converted from F-4Bs with AN/ASW-12 two-way datalink communication system and approach power compensator which, coupled with the shipboard AN/SPN-10 radar and AN/USC-1 datalink allowed hands-off carrier landings. All were later rebuilt as F-4Bs. The F-4B BuNo 140481 was retired as a F-4N on 11 December 1981, BuNo 150487 had been lost at sea due to an inflight fire on 18 September 1972.
USN
1966
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