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| Keywords: RA-5C Vigilantes of RVAH-13 in flight c1966.jpg All six U S Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante aircraft from Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 13 Bats in flight RVAH-13 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11 CVW-11 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 for a deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966 RVAH-13 lost three of its six planes during that deployment <br> Note that the aircraft are camouflaged The U S Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of 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 U S Navy photo http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv63-66/173 htm from the http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv63-66/index_002 htm USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 1965-66 cruise book available at http //navysite de/cruisebooks/index html Navysite de ca 1966 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 13 United States Navy | ||||
