Four U.S. Navy Douglas A4D-2 <i>Skyhawks</i> (BuNos 142736, 144916, 144888, 144949) of Attack Squadron VA-86 "Sidewinders" flying in formation. VA-86 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Independence</i> (CVA-62).
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between 1959 and 1962 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1959-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1962-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div><br>Note: the photo is dated 23 September 1963. However, VA-86 flew the A4D-2 from December 1957 to September 1962 before converting to the A4D-2N (A-4C) just around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.a4skyhawk.org/3e/va86/va86.htm">[1]</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery.php">U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation</a> photo No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display.php?irn=50405&amp;QueryPage=%2Femuwebdoncoms%2Fpages%2Fdoncoms%2FAdvQuery.php">	2011.003.236.014</a>