VA-112

Photograph Album


Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 144871, NH-201, moments before being catapulted from the USS Hancock.
Captain Hook.

1960-61: Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 144871, NH-201, moments after becoming airborne.
Douglas

1960-61: close-up tail section view of Boomerangs Skyhawk BuNo 144972 as the refueling drogue is reeled out.
Douglas

VA-112 Drivers at China Lake.
Gary Verver Collection

VA-112 BuNo.142832 serves as a backdrop for the Pilots during the 1960-61 U.S.S. Hancock Cruise.
Photo courtesy of Jim Walthers.

Dec 1961 Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 148447, NH-2xx, inside one of the new modern Lemoore hangars.
Naval Aviaton News Photo.

July 1962 Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 147828, NH-211, tied down on deck aboard the Kitty Hawk.
Gary Verver Collection

Aug 1962 Sundowners Crusader moments from making an arrested landing aboard the Kitty Hawk. Stingers BuNo 148438, NH-306, Bats A3D BuNo 142242, GP-604 & Bombing Broncos BuNo 147688, NH-206, at left.
Gary Verver Collection

Aug 1962 Aardvarks Phantom moments from making an arrested landing aboard the Kitty Hawk. Stingers BuNo 148438, NH-306, Bats A3D BuNo 142242, GP-604 & Bombing Broncos BuNo 147688, NH-206, at left.
Gary Verver Collection

Aug 1962 AW-11 Det. C Willy Fudd moments from making an arrested landing aboard the Kitty Hawk. Stingers BuNo 148438, NH-306, Bats A3D BuNo 142242, GP-604 & Bombing Broncos BuNo 147688, NH-206, at left.
Gary Verver Collection

Aug 1962 L-r: Stingers Skyhawk BuNo 149495, NH-309, & Bombing Broncos Skyhawks BuNo 147833, NH-209, BuNo 148537, NH-204 & BuNo 148441, NH-209 and two unknown Stinger Skyhawks forward aboard the Kitty Hawk.
Gary Verver Collection

/5E/G147669/html/147842.htm">Aug 1962 Stingers Skyhawk BuNo 147842, NH-305, moments from an arrested landing aboard the Kitty Hawk. Stingers BuNo 148438, NH-306, Bats A3D BuNo 142242, GP-604 & Bombing Broncos BuNo 147688, NH-206, at left.
Gary Verver Collection

Aug 1962 Stingers Skyhawk BuNo 149495, NH-309, being towed off of the elevator. Broncos Skyhawks 148441, NH-208, BuNo 148435, NH-205 & NH-214 at left. Phantoms belong to the VF-114 Aardvarks.
Gary Verver Collection

Aug 1962 Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 149507, NH-202, tied down at the head of a group of Stingers and VA-112 Bombing Broncos Skyhawks on the flight deck of the Kitty Hawk.
Gary Verver Collection

Sep 1962 Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 149507, NH-202, tied down on the flight deck of the Kitty Hawk.
Gary Verver Collection

Oct 1962 Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 147828, NH-211, tied down on deck aboard the Kitty Hawk between VA-113 Stingers BuNo 147759, NH-312, and BuNo 147842, NH-305. VAH-13 Whale BuNo 142249, GP-612 at left.
Gary Verver Collection

Oct 1962 Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 147828, NH-211, tied down on deck aboard the Kitty Hawk between VAH-13 Bats A3D GP-603 at left & VF-114 Aardvarks F4D-1 149454.
Gary Verver Collection

A4's being launched off the USS Kitty Hawk CVA 63.
Circa around 1962-64. Jerry Kopff was on his first West Pack cruise as ships company photographer.
Squadrons VA 112 Broncos and VA 113 Stingers were aboard at the time.
Jerry Kopff

A VA-112 or VA-113 Scooter just off of one of the forward cats. 1962-1964 era.
Jerry Kopff

CVA-63 Under Replenishment
Jerry Kopff Photo.

1963 Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 148577, NH-215, on the port cat aboard the Kitty Hawk.
Jerry Kopff

Circa 1963: the USS Kitty Hawk & embarked squadrons. VA-113 Stingers Skyhawks at left (BuNo 149495, NH-309 at front) and VA-112 Bombing Broncos Skyhawks at right (BuNo 147688, NH-206 at front)
Jerry Kopff

1962-64: Stingers Skyhawk BuNo 147759, NH-312, as the pilot prepares to man his Scooter with the assistance of the plane captain. Bombing Broncos BuNo 148437, NH-203, in the background.
Jerry Kopff

1962-64: rear view of Stingers Skyhawk BuNo 147759, NH-312, as the pilot mans his Scooter with the assistance of the plane captain. Bombing Broncos BuNo 148437, NH-203, in the background.
Jerry Kopff

Circa 1963: BuNo.148437 Skyhawk in flight with two drop tanks and a centerline buddy store.
Courtesy of Tom Bispo.

1965 CVA-59 MED Cruise: Formation of Bombing Broco's lined up behing a tanker.
Left to right: BuNo 149489 as AJ-508, 147688 as AJ-506, 147833 as AJ-509, 147714 as AJ504 and 147783 as AJ-500. Tom Meyers

1965 CVA-59 MED Cruise: Overhead shot of formation of Bombing Broco's lined up behing a tanker.
Left to right: BuNo 149489 as AJ-508, 147688 as AJ-506, 147833 as AJ-509, 147714 as AJ504 and 147783 as AJ-500. Tom Meyers

Circa 1965: Bombing Broncos Ordies Peter Dickinson, Donald Hopkins, David Smith and Marlow Gunderson prepare to lift Aero 7D rocket pack into place.
Naval AViation News

Circa 1965: Bombing Broncos ADJ-1 Hershell Webb supervises John Brimlow and Paul Rosetta's J-65 engine work while Claude Chavis makes QC check.
Naval AViation News

Circa 1965: Bombing Broncos pilots pose in front of Skyhawks NH-201 and NH-202 to commemorate 14,000 flight hours, 4,432 carrier landings including 1,042 night landings over three accident free years.
Naval AViation News

1967: Bombing Broncos Skyhawk, BuNo unknown, piloted by ENS John A. Lockhard about to engage the arresting barrier aboard the Kitty Hawk after being hit by AA fire.
Naval AViation News

Circa 1967: Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 150587, NH-416, parked on the line.
W. Mutza

1965: Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 144874, NH-I, aboard the USS Melborne for the 1st USN Skyhawk catapult from that ship.
Unknown Photographer

1965: Bombing Broncos Skyhawk BuNo 144874, NH-I, on the USS Melborne's catapult for the 1st USN Skyhawk cat from that ship.
Unknown Photographer

Douglas A-4C Skyhawk BuNo. 145077 --- Fall 1967.
A pair of VA-112 Bombing Bronco Douglas A-4F Skyhawks pose on the Lemoore ramp. These Skyhawks are in United States Ship Kitty Hawk CVA-63 and Carrier Air Group 11 colors. In the late sixties the Bombing Broncos made several cruises on the "Pussy Bird." A-4C Skyhawk BuNo. 145077 was one of the first A-4Cs produced.
Photograph by Gary "Buck" Rodgers.


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