File:RA-5Cs RVAH-13 being hoisted on USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) 1965.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante aircraft from Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 13 Bats being hoisted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63). RVAH-13 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) aboard the Kitty Hawk for a deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966. RVAH-13 lost three of its six planes during that deployment.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) 1965-66 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current17:11, 7 September 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:11, 7 September 2012452 × 531 (145 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=U.S. Navy North American RA-5C ''Vigilante'' aircraft from Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 13 ''Bats'' being hoisted aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Kitty Hawk'' (CVA-63). RVAH-13 was assigned to...