Keywords: RA-5C RVAH-12 launching from USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) c1974.jpg A U S Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante BuNo 156635 from Heavy Reconnaissance Squadron RVAH-12 Speartips is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVAN-65 RVAH-12 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 14 CVW-14 aboard the Big E for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 17 September 1974 to 20 May 1975 <br>The RA-5C 156635 was written off at Rota Spain after having suffered a main landing gear collapse during a night landing aboard USS Nimitz CVN-68 in January 1979 Official U S Navy photograph http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cvn65-74/037 htm from the USS Enterprise CVAN-65 http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cvn65-74/index_003 htm 1974-75 Cruise Book between 1974 1975 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante USS Enterprise CVN-65 flight deck Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 12 United States Navy |