File:AD-6 with RNZAF Vampires Malta 1954.jpeg

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Description A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-6 Skyraider from Attack Squadron VA-25 Tigers, Carrier Air Group 6 (CVG-6), from the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41), carries out a sneak raid over the RAAF Ta Kali airfield, Malta, during the NATO exercise "Shield One", despite having been previously 'shot down'. The de Havilland Vampire FB.52 aircraft on the ground are being refuelled. In the exercise 78 Fighter Wing RAAF and 14 Squadron RNZAF defended Malta against intruders from the US 6th Fleet and RAF bombers. The Wing took part in several such NATO exercises while stationed in Malta for garrison duty between mid 1952 and 1954.
Date 29 March 1954 - 3 April 1954
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Author Jeffrey G. (Jerry) Sebastian, Australian armed forces
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current21:05, 15 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 21:05, 15 September 2010624 × 459 (117 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-6 ''Skyraider'' from Attack Squadron VA-25 ''Tigers'', Carrier Air Group 6 (CVG-6), from the aircraft carrier USS ''Midway'' (CVA-41), carries out a sneak raid over the RAAF Ta Kali

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