A Douglas A-4B <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 142768?) of Marine attack squadron VMA-214 Det. N <i>Black Sheep</i> comes in to land at Naval Air Station Atsugi (Japan) in 1964. Det. N was stationed aboard the aircraft carrier <i>USS Hornet (CVS-12)</i> as part of <i>Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Group 57 (CVSG-57)</i> on a deployment to the western Pacific from 10 Oct 1963 to 15 Apr 1964. Normally a <i>CVSG</i> had a detachment of six pilots and four A-4s assigned for self-defence.
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1964
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