You had me going there for a minute until I followed the link.
Apparently from a Russian 80's movie, USCG Mi-24D Hind D!
Apparently from a Russian 80's movie, USCG Mi-24D Hind D!
Spanky. no I was strictly an AirPac, WestPac Sailor. That is an A-4F from VA-45, based out of NAS Cecil Field, FL.BzB... is that you? I heard those things are deafeningly loud. Maybe we can all pony up and buy the one on E-Bay.
Didn't the A-4s have a secondary "fighter" mission as part of the CVS air group?Spanky. no I was strictly an AirPac, WestPac Sailor. That is an A-4F from VA-45, based out of NAS Cecil Field, FL.No other info w/ the photo.
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EDIT: Update - Photo of AU 661 of VA-45 Det. 1, aboard USS INTREPID (CVS-11), intercept off the coast of Denmark - 1972.
BzB
Didn't the A-4s have a secondary "fighter" mission as part of the CVS air group?
Here's an old school A-4 pic:
Yes, the original ASW Fighter Squadron VSF-1, was formed in 1966 at NAS Alameda, to provide detachments for protection of ASW CVSs, and their Airwings. Equipped with A-4B/C/E aircraft armed with 2-MK-12 20mm cannons & Sidewinder missile systems. As the air war heated up in late '66, the rapidly expanding VSF-1 was split, and the new half became VSF-3. This lasted for four years, and both squadrons were disestablished in 1970.Didn't the A-4s have a secondary "fighter" mission as part of the CVS air group?
Looks suspiciously like "Baker Boy 456" of VA-44, but can't see if it has AD on the tail???Hmm... looks vaguely familiar, huh Hugh?
Nuke shield?
Yup.... and this photo was taken on the hangar 67 flight line, Cecil Field, VA-44. (Happy Hour Lounge for a drink anyone?)Yes, the original ASW Fighter Squadron VSF-1, was formed in 1966 at NAS Alameda, to provide detachments for protection of ASW CVSs, and their Airwings. Equipped with A-4B/C/E aircraft armed with 2-MK-12 20mm cannons & Sidewinder missile systems. As the air war heated up in late '66, the rapidly expanding VSF-1 was split, and the new half became VSF-3. This lasted for four years, and both squadrons were disestablished in 1970.
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Looks suspiciously like "Baker Boy 456" of VA-44, but can't see if it has AD on the tail???
BzB
Good for the CG…that's more important than people realize…We work a bit harder in the Coast Guard keeping our birds clean than I remember from the Navy... no sand in the cockpit (cue most HH-60H cockpits)~
Person question... how can you tell how far someone is when using a zoom lens?
Yes gunners belt.. otherwise possible death... cliff is about 200' AWL.
USS NEVADA, painted in high-vis red-orange for the "Test ABLE" atomic weapons drops at Bikini Atoll. Test ABLE was conducted at 9:00 on July 1, 1946. Weapon Gilda was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group. Gilda detonated 520 feet above the target fleet, with a yield of 23 kilotons.Why is this ship orange (nittany, you have to wait at least a day to answer)?