MAKE A MEME View Large Image A-4C of VA-155 over USS Constellation (CVA-64) 1966.jpg A U S Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk of Attack Squadron VA-155 Silver Foxes landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation CVA-64 Due to the height of the aircraft over the deck it ...
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Keywords: A-4C of VA-155 over USS Constellation (CVA-64) 1966.jpg A U S Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk of Attack Squadron VA-155 Silver Foxes landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation CVA-64 Due to the height of the aircraft over the deck it was probably waved off VA-155 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 15 CVW-15 aboard the Constellation for a deployment to Vietnam from 12 May to 3 December 1966 <br>Note that the aircraft wears a green camouflage paint The U S Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of CVW-15 with dark green colours to blend in with the Vietnamese jungle The results proved inconclusive for the U S Navy whereas the U S Air Force concluded that the camouflage was effective U S Navy planes would not be camouflaged until the 1980s 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 16004539 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 5270 1966 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-4E Skyhawk Attack Squadron 155 United States Navy USS Constellation CV-64 flight deck Vietnam War in 1966
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