Keywords: A4D-2 Skyhawks VA-86 in flight c1960.jpeg Four U S Navy Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawks BuNos 142736 144916 144888 144949 of Attack Squadron VA-86 Sidewinders flying in formation VA-86 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 7 CVG-7 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence CVA-62 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 50405 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2011 003 236 014 between 1959 1962 <br>Note the photo is dated 23 September 1963 However VA-86 flew the A4D-2 from December 1957 to September 1962 before converting to the A4D-2N A-4C just around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis http //www a4skyhawk org/3e/va86/va86 htm U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-4B Skyhawk Strike Fighter Squadron 86 United States Navy |