You had me going there for a minute until I followed the link.
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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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You had me going there for a minute until I followed the link.
Spanky. no I was strictly an AirPac, WestPac Sailor. That is an A-4F from VA-45, based out of NAS Cecil Field, FL.
EDIT: Update - Photo of AU 661 of VA-45 Det. 1, aboard USS INTREPID (CVS-11), intercept off the coast of Denmark - 1972.
BzB
Didn't the A-4s have a secondary "fighter" mission as part of the CVS air group?Spanky. no I was strictly an AirPac, WestPac Sailor. That is an A-4F from VA-45, based out of NAS Cecil Field, FL.No other info w/ the photo.
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EDIT: Update - Photo of AU 661 of VA-45 Det. 1, aboard USS INTREPID (CVS-11), intercept off the coast of Denmark - 1972.
BzB
Here's an old school A-4 pic:
Didn't the A-4s have a secondary "fighter" mission as part of the CVS air group?
Here's an old school A-4 pic:
Hmm... looks vaguely familiar, huh Hugh?
Yes, the original ASW Fighter Squadron VSF-1, was formed in 1966 at NAS Alameda, to provide detachments for protection of ASW CVSs, and their Airwings. Equipped with A-4B/C/E aircraft armed with 2-MK-12 20mm cannons & Sidewinder missile systems. As the air war heated up in late '66, the rapidly expanding VSF-1 was split, and the new half became VSF-3. This lasted for four years, and both squadrons were disestablished in 1970.
Looks suspiciously like "Baker Boy 456" of VA-44, but can't see if it has AD on the tail???Hmm... looks vaguely familiar, huh Hugh?
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Yup.... and this photo was taken on the hangar 67 flight line, Cecil Field, VA-44. (Happy Hour Lounge for a drink anyone?Yes, the original ASW Fighter Squadron VSF-1, was formed in 1966 at NAS Alameda, to provide detachments for protection of ASW CVSs, and their Airwings. Equipped with A-4B/C/E aircraft armed with 2-MK-12 20mm cannons & Sidewinder missile systems. As the air war heated up in late '66, the rapidly expanding VSF-1 was split, and the new half became VSF-3. This lasted for four years, and both squadrons were disestablished in 1970.
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Looks suspiciously like "Baker Boy 456" of VA-44, but can't see if it has AD on the tail???
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Good looking aircraft…looks like the paint is easy to keep clean and polished.
Aviation nerd question: Is the guy standing up "in tension" in a gunner's belt while standing there? It just seems like the only way he would be able to "look" that comfortable.
Photo nerd question: What kind of lens is that? It looks like your house/wife is still a bit far away, but the mag/zoom/photo-term is still pretty damn good.
Photo nerd question: What kind of lens is that? It looks like your house/wife is still a bit far away, but the mag/zoom/photo-term is still pretty damn good.
Good for the CG…that's more important than people realize…
Because in several pictures, it looks like she's taking the photo right under the helo (due to the great lens). In the second to last, you can get a little more perspective with the palm tree and it looks like she's zoomed out a bit. I'm asking because because she took some great shots and I'm not sure my 200mm (I think that's what I have...it's at my parents at the moment) would have been that close. And it's crazy clear, too. One of these days I'll have to "upgrade" my D80, so I'm trying to gather data points on lens and the inevitable Canon vs Nikon debate.
I figured, it's just a nice shot. He looks so casual. I didn't doubt he was in a belt, but was curious if he was also in tension as it makes it even easier.
USS NEVADA, painted in high-vis red-orange for the "Test ABLE" atomic weapons drops at Bikini Atoll. Test ABLE was conducted at 9:00 on July 1, 1946. Weapon Gilda was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group. Gilda detonated 520 feet above the target fleet, with a yield of 23 kilotons.
The battleship USS NEVADA had been designated as the aim point for ABLE and was painted red, with white gun barrels and gunwales, to make her stand out in the central cluster of target ships.
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