File:A-4C Skyhawk of VSF-1 is launched from USS Wasp (CVS-18) in 1968.jpg

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A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4C Skyhawk from Anti-Submarine Fighter Squadron 1 (VSF-1) "War Eagles" is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) during cross-deck operations. VSF-1 was assigned to Attack Carrier Wing 7 (CVW-7) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVS-62) for a deeplyment to the Mediterranean Sea from 30 April 1968 to 27 January 1969.

Wasp, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 52 (CVSG-52), was deployed to the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from 20 August to 19 December 1968.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Wasp (CVS-18) 1968 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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current22:49, 13 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 22:49, 13 February 2016718 × 327 (157 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4C ''Skyhawk'' from Anti-Submarine Fighter Squadron 1 (VSF-1) "War Eagles" is launched from the aircraft carrier USS ''Wasp'' (CVS-18) during cross-deck operations. VSF-1 was assig...