F-14 from fighter squadron VF-84 Jolly Rogers
PH3 Dostie, USN
A Grumman F-14A Tomcat aircraft waits behind the blast deflector panels as another F-14 from fighter squadron VF-84 Jolly Rogers prepares for launching
Photo taken during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). A Vought A-7E Corsair II aircraft from attack squadron VA-82 Marauders is ready for launch on the port catapult, 15 June 1982. All aircraft were assigend to Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8), which was at that time mostly stationed on the USS Nimitz (CVN-68).
Keywords: Grumman, Tomcat, Vinson, Corsair, Marauders, Nimitz, jolly, rogers
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