I have always loved that VA-46 picture. The first time I saw it was on the cover of a book called "Top Guns" that my Mom bought me from the local Sams Club back in '89 or '90. I was talking with Lites about it a while back and he told me that on later versions of the cover they airbrushed out the A-7s in the background because it didn't make sense to have attack jets on the cover of a book called "Top Guns." I still have the book but the jacket with the neat picture was trashed long ago. Oh well...
I never could understand why the Navy axed VA-46 and -72...they shoulda had them transition to F/A-18s but I digress.