File:USS Saratoga CVA-60 launching Ops Strikeback 1957.jpg
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| Description | A U.S. Navy Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior (BuNo 138948) of heavy attack squadron VAH-9 Hoot Owls launches from the waist catapult of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60), during the NATO exercise "Operation Strikeback", in September-October 1957. A McDonnell F3H-2M (BuNo 137053) from fighter squadron VF-61 Jolly Rogers is positioned on the catapult while a Douglas F4D-1 Skyray of VF-101 Grim Reapers is waiting to be launched. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2008.122.064 [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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| current | 15:24, 7 October 2009 | | 1,889 × 1,505 (571 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Douglas A3D-2 ''Skywarrior'' (BuNo 138948) of heavy attack squadron VAH-9 ''Hoot Owls'' launches from the waist catapult of the aircraft carrier USS ''Saratoga'' (CVA-60), during the NATO exerc |
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