Keywords: USS Ranger (CV-61) launches A-7 CorsairII.jpg A bomb-laden U S Navy Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II BuNo 153241 from Attack Squadron 147 VA-147 Argonauts is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger CVA-61 from one of her waist catapults during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin in January 1968 VA-147 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 2 CVW-2 aboard the Ranger for a deployment to Vietnam from 4 November 1967 to 25 May 1968 This was the first combat deployment of the Corsair II Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/usn/USN-1130000/USN-1130916 html USN 1130916 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1968-01 PH1 Donald F Grantham U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Ranger CV-61 A-7A Corsair II Strike Fighter Squadron 147 United States Navy Aircraft carrier take offs 1968 in aviation in Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin |