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A silhouetted left side view of a TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft of Composite Squadron Twelve (VC-12) in flight with a setting sun in the background. VC-12 is based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. Exact Date Shot Unknown

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS Forrestal (CV 59)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/01/1991
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As a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the No. 3 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), the line attaching an aerial banner target to the aircraft is played out across the flight deck. The LINCOLN is at sea for its shakedown cruise

Four ships from three nations sail together during the NATO exercise Display Determination '91. The ships are, from front to back: the British aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05), the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59), the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) and the Spanish aircraft carrier PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11)

The SPS-49 long-range air search radar, center left, atop the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59)

Two F-4 Phantom II aircraft are prepared for takeoff on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41)

Flight deck personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) scrutinize the area around a catapult track, searching for debris capable of causing foreign object damage (FOD)

An E-2C Hawkeye aircraft passes overhead as a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft stands by for launch on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise

Steam rises from a catapult as an A-6E Intruder aircraft is moved into position for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) during exercise Team Work '88

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A plane director stands behind an Attack Squadron 37 (VA-37) A-7E Corsair II aircraft as he signals to another aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) during the allied forces exercise Team Work '88

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A Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) F-14A Tomcat aircraft, with its arresting hook down, approaches for a landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60)

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