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English: Two U.S. Navy Grumman WF-2 Tracer aircraft of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 12 (VAW-12) Det.42 "Bats", on 12 January 1962. VAW-12 Det.42 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), visible steaming below. The WF-2 was redesignated E-1B in August 1962.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] available at Navsource.org
Author Ken Killmeyer

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