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Picture of a RA-5C Vigilante catching the third wire on the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk.

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Aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, Tonkin Gulf, Yankee station off of Viet Nam.
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A great shot of an RA5C Vigilante catching the 3rd arresting wire on the USS Kitty Hawk in the Tonkin Gulf

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 stationed aboard the USS Kitty Hawk

the start of the viet nam war ordered by president johnson


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A great shot of an RA5C Vigilante catching the 3rd arresting wire on the USS Kitty Hawk in the Tonkin Gulf

When: January 1968
Where: Aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)
Location: On Yankee Station - Tonkin Gulf, North Vietnam
Who: RVAH-11 Checkertails (NAS Sanford, Florida)

Aircraft: RA-5C Vigilante

Has he got the third wire? Look closely! All 3 wheels are still
off the deck (for a couple more microseconds if his hook does
have the wire). They're about to feel the THUMP all the way
down in the aft mess decks

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