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Image: F-8E Crusader of VF-51 is launched from USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in July 1965

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Description: A U.S. Navy Vought F-8E Crusader of Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) "Screaming Eagles" launches from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) off the coast of California (USA), on 30 July 1965. VF-51 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) aboard the Ticonderoga and working up for a combat deployment to Vietnam.
Title: F-8E Crusader of VF-51 is launched from USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in July 1965
Credit: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7338.008
Author: W. Fettkether, U.S. Navy
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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