File:Douglas AD-6 Skyraider of VA-85 in flight, in 1961.jpg

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Description	English: A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-6 Skyraider (BuNo 139636) of Attack Squadron 85 (VA-85) "Black Falcons" in flight. VA-85 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 9 February to 25 August 1961. 139636 later ditched in the Gulf of Tonkin after an engine failure on 21 July 1965 while in service with VA-152.
Date	1961
Source	U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/(Archive) December 1961, p. 11.
Author	U.S. Navy

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