Maintenance on a Vought A-7A <i>Corsair II</i> of attack squadron VA-147 <i>Argonauts</i> in 1968. VA-147 was assigned to <i>Attack Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2)</i> aboard the aircraft carrier <i>USS Ranger (CVA-61)</i> and later that year deployed to Vietnam (26 Oct 1968 to 17 May 1969). The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9D <i>Sidewinder</i> air-to-air missile.
USN
1968
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News May 1968 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1968/May68.pdf">[1]</a>