File:A-4B VA-93 intercepts Be-6 off Japan 1964.jpg

A-4B_VA-93_intercepts_Be-6_off_Japan_1964.jpg(550 × 414 pixels, file size: 122 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4B Skyhawk (BuNo 144987) from Attack Squadron VA-93 Det.Q Blue Blazers intercepting a Soviet Navy Beriev Be-6 (NATO reporting name "Madge") north of Japan in 1964. VA-93 Det.Q was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVS-20) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 20 February to 11 August 1964. Note that the A-4B wears the "NG" tail code of Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9), to which VA-93 was regularly assigned, and not the "NT" tail code of CVSG-59.
Date
Source VA-93 photograph [1] available on uss-bennington.org.
Author USN

Licensing

Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg

f9c4d1be72c91fa0b56cc4038dcf52fae392d1cb

124,565 byte

414 pixel

550 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:13, 24 September 2011Thumbnail for version as of 15:13, 24 September 2011550 × 414 (122 KB)Cobatfor== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4B ''Skyhawk'' (BuNo 144987) from Attack Squadron VA-93 Det.Q ''Blue Blazers'' intercepting a Soviet Navy Beriev Be-6 (NATO reporting name "Madge") north of Japan in 1964. VA-93 Det.Q
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file: