File:AD-7 Skyraider VA-95 on USS Ranger (CVA-61) 1960.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-7 Skyraider (BuNo 142051) from Attack Squadron VA-95 Skyknights on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61). VA-95 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) aboard the Ranger for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 6 February to 30 August 1960. 142051 was later in service with VA-115 Arabs, CVW-11, and crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin after launching from USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) on 19 May 1966. The pilot was rescued.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ranger (CVA-61) 1960 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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