USS Midway Carrier Action - Vietnam 1965 A-4 Skyhawk A-1 Skyraider A-3 Skywarrior F-4 Phantom CVA-41

Navy photographers captured the action in the air and on deck as USS Midway (CVA-41) contributed warplanes to the effort over Vietnam in these scenes from May 1965.
A Douglas A-3 tanker variant of the Skywarrior leads A-4 Skyhawks. Prop-driven Skyraiders with bombs under their wings chug to the catapult. Looks like their drop tanks even have anti-glare paint on the upper surfaces.
Sparrow missiles come up from below for arming an F-4 Phantom. Cockpit film shows an A-3 taking fuel from a tanker-configured A-3.
And classic light signals emanate from Midway as messages are sent to other U.S. Navy ships in the South China Sea.
USS Midway F-4 Phantoms made the first aerial victories of the Vietnam war in the month following these films. And Midway Skyraiders pulled off an incredible downing of a MiG-17 that month.
Years later, in January 1973 a Midway aircraft scored the last aerial victory of the war. USS Midway became a successful museum ship in San Diego following its decommissioning.
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