File:Preflight check on aircraft aboard USS Ranger (CVA-61) in January 1968.jpg

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U.S. Navy pilots from Attack Squadron 165 (VA-165) "Boomers" conduct preflight inspections of Mk 82 "Snakeye" ordnance on their Grumman A-6A Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) prior to launching a strike mission over North Vietnam. On 26 January 1968, Ranger was directed to steam from Vietnamese waters to the Sea of Japan and take station following North Korea's catpure of the intelligence gathering ship USS Pueblo (AGER-2) three days earlier.

VA-165 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the Ranger for a deployment to Vietnam from 4 November 1967 to 25 May 1968.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7043.002.
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