File:USS Ranger (CVA-61) launches A-7A Corsair II of VA-147 in the Gulf of Tonkin, in January 1968 (USN 1130916).jpg
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PH1 Donald F. Grantham, U.S. Navy |
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English: A bomb-laden U.S. Navy Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II (BuNo 153241) from Attack Squadron 147 (VA-147) "Argonauts" is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) from one of her waist catapults, during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, in January 1968. VA-147 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the Ranger for a deployment to Vietnam from 4 November 1967 to 25 May 1968. This was the first combat deployment of the Corsair II. |
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| Depicted place | USS Ranger (CV-61) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | January 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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USN 1130916 |
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| current | 22:28, 6 December 2015 | | 5,783 × 4,316 (10.35 MB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | new NHHC file |
| 00:18, 13 April 2007 |  | 740 × 586 (107 KB) | Editor at Large (talk | contribs) | Losslessly cropped caption bar | |
| 20:30, 29 July 2006 |  | 740 × 610 (114 KB) | Felix Stember (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description= USS Ranger (CVA-61) launches a bomb-laden A-7A "Corsair II" attack aircraft from one of her waist catapults, during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin in January 1968. |Source=[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/u130000/u1 |
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