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Kadena Eagles and Misawa Vipers at RAAFB Williamstown (a. dunaway) 44FS 13FS JUL95

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The A-4 Skyhawk was designed by Ed Heinemann, a legendary aircraft designer at Douglas Aircraft Company. The plucky Douglas A-4 Skyhawk bucked the trend of ever larger combat aircraft and proved capable of punching far above its weight. The A-4 Skyhawk was a carrier-capable attack aircraft that became a core part of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps air operations in Vietnam.

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USAF's F-15E Strike Eagle armed with four laser guide bombs.

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A Crusader getting hooked for launch. While everyone remembers the F-8 as the "Last of the Gunfighters," the jet spent a massive amount of time hauling mud in Vietnam. Notice the loadout? Those aren't AAMs, but unguided Zuni rockets mounted on the side. In all, the F-8 could carry 5,000 lbs of ordnance. Marine pilots absolutely loved it for CAS because it could get low and fast, and they loved using its four 20mm cannons for precision strafing when things got messy in the elephant grass.

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E-2C Hawkeye, the early warning aircraft carried by the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers to achieve greater radar coverage and also act as a command aircraft if necessary.

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WEREWOLVES (j. pack)

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Grumman F-14A Tomcat, US Navy, VF-1 Wolfpack & VF-2 Bounty Hunters, November 1988, Official U.S. Navy photograph

A U.S. Navy Lockheed S-3A Viking of Anti-Submarine Squadron VS-41 "Shamrocks" refuels Grumman F-14A Tomcats of Fighter Squadrons VF-1 "Wolfpack" and VF-2 "Bounty Hunters". VF-1 and VF-2 were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61). This totally bodacious pair of Tomcats gets a perfect top-off from the Shamrocks Viking during 1988 carrier operations!

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