Six U.S. Navy Vought RF-8G <i>Crusader</i> aircraft from Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-63 "Eyes of the Fleet" in flight over Southern California (USA), in 1976. VPF-63 provided detachmets to the different U.S. carrier air wings (CVW). The aircraft in front wears the squadron´s tail code "PP", the other aircraft were assigned to the following CVWs: CVW-1 ("AB") aboard USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> (CV-67); CVW-3 ("AC") on USS <i>Saratoga</i> (CV-60); CVW-6 ("AE") on USS <i>America</i> (CV-66); and CVW-15 ("NL") on USS <i>Coral Sea</i> (CV-43). The aircraft wear U.S. Bicentennial markings.
LCdr. Ruby, U.S. Navy
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