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An overhead aerial view of an RA-5C Vigilante aircraft, Reconnaissance Attack Squadron 7 (RVAH-7) known as the "Peacemakers of the Fleet" and was assigned to the USS RANGER (CV 61) from February 21 to September 22, 1979. This photograph may show the Vigilante's last flight, since all Vigilante aircraft were officially retired in September 1979 and the RVAH-7 was officially decommissioned in October 1979. The exact date photo taken is unknown

A three-quarter starboard aerial view of an RA-5C Vigilante aircraft, Reconnaissance Attack Squadron 7 (RVAH-7) known as the "Peacemakers of the Fleet" and was assigned to the USS RANGER (CV 61) from February 21 to September 22, 1979. This photograph may show the Vigilante's last flight, since all Vigilante aircraft were officially retired in September 1979 and the RVAH-7 was officially decommissioned in October 1979. The exact date photo taken is unknown

Overhead view of the USS ORISKANY (CV 34). Exact date shot unknown but sometime after March 1964, during this period her flight deck was used to test the E-2 Hawkeye, (seen next to the bridge) then Navy's new airborne early warning aircraft. Note also that there are only LTV F-8 Crusaders on the flight deck, this may put the image as shot between 1975-1976, the last all LTV air wing on its last cruise

A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, as seen from the flight deck of the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), is descending from the sky in preparation for landing onto the ship on Aug. 9, 2007, while underway in the Pacific Ocean during Valiant Shield 2007 (VS07). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications SPECIALIST 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza) (Released)

A stern port view of the US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer, USS MASON (DDG 87) as it is underway patrolling the Persian Gulf with Destroyer Squadron 26 (DESRON-26), USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group 10 (CSG-10) in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). This photograph was taken from inside a USN SH-60 Seahawk helicopter (note the M2.50 caliber machine gun in the foreground)

Aerial view of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) with a parked CH-46 Sea Knight and a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter. In the background (left to right) is the amphibious transport dock USS DULUTH (LPD 6), the tank landing ship USS FREDERICK (LST 1184) and the guided missile cruiser USS ARKANSAS (CGN 41). The ships are participating in the Peace in the Pacific celebration commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the war with Japan

Two unidentified US Air Force Pilots stand next to a F-16 Falcon, Block 52 aircraft (the only such aircraft in the Air National Guard) from the 157th Fighter Squadron and assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina. Lans Stout (Not shown), a visiting free-lance photographer from Atlantic Beach, Florida, captures pure beauty in flight (OCT 97). This photo was used for a picture story in the popular "Code One" magazine

A right side front view of two F-16 Falcon, Block 52 aircraft (the only such aircraft in the Air National Guard) from the 157th Fighter Squadron and assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire ANG Station South Carolina, in flight. Lans Stout, a visiting free-lance photographer from Atlantic Beach, Florida, captures pure beauty in flight (OCT 97). This photo was used for a picture story in the popular "Code One" magazine

Right side view of a P-3C Update I Orion aircraft LW-00 of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68), the Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s, taxing toward the Naval Air Facility Washington, D.C. terminal after completing a training flight which set a new standard of aviation safety for the Naval Reserve by marking 100,000 mishap free flight hours. The squadron was commissioned in 1970 and compiled the safety record over the next 24 years, one flight at a time

A three-quarter portside aerial view of an RA-5C Vigilante aircraft, Reconnaissance Attack Squadron 7 (RVAH-7) known as the "Peacemakers of the Fleet" and was assigned to the USS RANGER (CV 61) from February 21 to September 22, 1979. This photograph may show the Vigilante's last flight, since all Vigilante aircraft were officially retired in September 1979 and the RVAH-7 was officially decommissioned in October 1979. The exact date photo taken is unknown

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Release Status: Released to Public

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01/01/1979
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label_outline Explore Vigilante, Date Photo, Portside

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