<p>View of the aft flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CVAN-65) in San Francisco Bay on 21 June 1966, returning from her first Vietnam cruise. Parked on the flight deck are aircraft from Attack Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) which flew 20,076 sorties (13,020 combat sorties), made 19,131 catapult launches and 18,142 arrested landings between 2 December 1965 and 5 June 1966.<br></p>
Visible are 15 Douglas A-4C <i>Skyhawk</i>s from Attack Squadrons VA-36 <i>Roadrunners</i>, VA-76 <i>Spirits</i> and VA-94 <i>Shrikes</i>. There is actually no aircraft visible from CVW-9's fourth A-4C-Squadron VA-93 <i>Blue Blazers</i> just the sign reading "VA-93 Blue Boozers". One A-4 has a drop tank on its wing, two have no tail code and one has the "NH" tail code from CVW-11. Parked behind the A-4s are a Grumman E-1B <i>Tracer</i> from Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW-11 DET.M <i>Early Eleven</i> and two North American RA-5C <i>Vigilante</i>s from Heavy Reconnaissance Squadron RVAH-7 <i>Peacemakers of the Fleet</i>.
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