Keywords: Aircraft launching for strike from USS Independence (CVA-62) 1965.jpeg U S Navy aircraft from Attack Carrier Air Wing 7 CVW-7 taking off for an Alpha Strike from the aircraft carrier USS Independence CVA-62 in the Gulf of Tonkin during that carrier's deployment to Vietnam from 10 May to 13 December 1965 A McDonnell F-4B-14-MC Phantom II BuNo 150491 from Fighter Squadron 41 Black Aces has just been launched from one of the waist catapults Douglas A-4E Skyhawk aircraft from Attack Squadron VA-72 Blue Hawks BuNo 150007 and VA-86 Sidewinders BuNo 151149 unknown are visible in the foreground The A-4E 151149 was destroyed on the ground during a Vietcong mortar attack on Chu Lai air base Vietnam on 21 March 1969 while in service with Marine Corps Attack Squadron VMA-311 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 29179 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FQuery php 1996 488 210 121 1965 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Independence CV-62 F-4B Phantom II Fighter Squadron 41 United States Navy A-4E Skyhawk Attack Squadron 72 United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 86 United States Navy Marine Attack Squadron 311 Aircraft using afterburning |