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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

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Homer J

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An F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of Fighter Squadron (VF) 113 snags a wire during recovery on board the carrier Philippine Sea (CV 47), the pilot son to experience quite a jolt when his aircraft slams onto the flight deck. This images was taken on January 10, 1951, sixty-three years ago today.
 
Gatordev

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Out of curiosity, what were they disposing of on Culebra? Bombs that went long from Vieques?
 
BusyBee604

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Gatordev said:
Out of curiosity, what were they disposing of on Culebra? Bombs that went long from Vieques?
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Culebra was the live ordnance impact area, for A/G Weps Trng flights of AIRLANT VA-Squadron Dets from NAS Roosevelt Roads, before bombing was banned in the Vieques complex. Vieques itself, had raked targets only authorized for practice bombs/strafing. Made many Dets there from VA-44 Dets out of Cecil in 1968-69.
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Homer J said:
An F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of Fighter Squadron (VF) 113 snags a wire during recovery on board the carrier Philippine Sea (CV 47), the pilot son to experience quite a jolt when his aircraft slams onto the flight deck. This images was taken on January 10, 1951, sixty-three years ago today.
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Holy effing IFE bro. That had to hurt.
 
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Kow-aka "Spanky said:
Culebra used to be a range as well...
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BusyBee604 said:
Culebra was the live ordnance impact area, for A/G Weps Trng flights of AIRLANT VA-Squadron Dets from NAS Roosevelt Roads, before bombing was banned in the Vieques complex. Vieques itself, had raked targets only authorized for practice bombs/strafing. Made many Dets there from VA-44 Dets out of Cecil in 1968-69.
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Right, but it's also been inhabited for years, that's why I was curious if the issue was something newly discovered or just continued disposal of certain areas (kind of like Kaha'Olawe...albeit that's not really all that inhabited).
 
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