Image:AD-6 VA-25.JPG
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A Douglas AD-6 Skyraider (BuNo. 137597) attack squadron VA-65 Fist of the Fleet enroute from Naval air Station (NAS) Alameda to NAS Miramar (both in California, USA) in March 1958. The plane was flown by Lt(jg) Jim Jones. VA-65 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Two (CVG-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) with the next deployment starting on 16 Aug 1958. VA-65 would be redesignated VA-25 on 1 July 1959. The AD-6 (A-1H) 137597 would later be transferred to the U.S. Air Force, and would be one of the last 19 Skyraiders turned over to the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) by the 1st SOS in November of 1972. |
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www.skyraider.org [1] |
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March 1958 |
| Author |
Lt.Cdr. Jerry Tabrum, USN |
| Permission (Reusing this image) |
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This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. |
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