MAKE A MEME View Large Image Camouflaged KA-3B on USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) c1965.jpeg A U S Navy Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior of Heavy Attack Squadron 4 VAH-4 Det C Fourrunners detaches at the end of roll-out during landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 ...
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Keywords: Camouflaged KA-3B on USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) c1965.jpeg A U S Navy Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior of Heavy Attack Squadron 4 VAH-4 Det C Fourrunners detaches at the end of roll-out during landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 during that carrier's deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966 The U S Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 CVW-11 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/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16002847 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 3577; Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/USN-1116000/USN-1116632 html USN 1116632 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1966-04-13 PHCS R E Rutledge U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior Electronic Attack Squadron 131 United States Navy Flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Vietnam War in 1966
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