File:CV 14 1966.jpg

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Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) planes on the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in 1966 during a deployment to Vietnam. Visible on the flight deck and starboard elevator are three Vought F-8E Crusader fighters from VF-51 Screaming Eagles (BuNo 149152) and VF-53 Iron Angels (BuNo 150853 and 150863) as well as two Douglas A-1H Skyraider attack planes from VA-52 Knight Riders. The tail in the right upper corner belongs to a Douglas A-4C attack plane of VA-144 Roadrunners.

The F-8E BuNo 149152 was damaged by AAA and shot down by a MiG-17 on 21 June 1966.
Date early 1966
date QS:P,+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719727
Source www.navsource.org photo NS021477a. Allowed to be published by giving source and photographer.[1]
Author Taken by Lee Noland STGC, USN, from the destroyer USS Bausell (DD-845)

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22:18, 8 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 22:18, 8 October 20071,024 × 768 (282 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)''Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5)'' (tail code "NF") planes on the ''USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in 1966 during a deployment to Vietnam. Visible on the flight deck and starboard elevator are three Vought F-8E ''Crusader'' fighters from VF-51 ''Screaming Eagles''

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