File:A-1H Skyraider of VA-96 is launched from USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) c1957.jpg

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A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-6 Skyraider (BuNo 135371) form Attack Squadron 96 (VA-96) is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVA-33). VA-96 was assigned to Air Task Group 3 (ATG-3) aboard the Kearsarge for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 9 August 1957 to 2 April 1958.

VA-96 was a short-lived squadron, commissioned from 30 June 1956 to 10 April 1958.
Date circa 1957
date QS:P,+1957-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) 1957-1958 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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current16:32, 9 April 2016Thumbnail for version as of 16:32, 9 April 20161,417 × 772 (479 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-6 ''Skyraider'' (BuNo 135371) form Attack Squadron 96 (VA-96) is launched from the aircraft carrier USS ''Kearsarge'' (CVA-33). VA-96 was assigned to Air Task Group 3 (ATG-3) aboa...