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English: A U.S. Navy LTV A-7E Corsair II aircraft (BuNo 157495) of attack squadron VA-56 Champions bursts into flames after a ramp strike on the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41), on 21 August 1984. The pilot was killed. In the foreground is a Grumman E-2B Hawkeye of airborne early warning squadron VAW-115 Liberty Bells.
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Source U.S. DefenseImagery [1] photo VIRIN: DN-SN-93-01355 [2]
Author PH3 Hogestyn, USN

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