VA-36

Photograph Album


1960: VA-36 A-4B traps aboard CVA-60.
Photo courtesy of Tail Hook Association.

1961 Quonset Point: Roadrunners Skyhawk BuNo 142891, AC-608, parked on the ramp.
"Boom" Powell

June 1962 LCDR J.H. Wynn, III, poses in front of Roadrunners Skyhawk BuNo 142868, AC-606, after logging his 400th carrier landing, his 300th aboard the Saratogaa & his 1,000th hour in the Skyhawk in a span of three days.
Naval Aviation News photo, Gary Verver.

1962-64: Road Runners Skyhawk BuNo 148543, AK-611, over Athens, Greece.
"Bear" Langworthy

1964 U.S.S. Saratoga: Roadrunners LT Benoit checks the missile target on Skyhawk AK-2 that he will be firing as other carrier pilots pursue.
Naval Aviaton news photo

1964: the finishing touches are put on the missile target on Roadrunners Skyhawk AK-2 as it is readied for launch.
Naval Aviaton news photo

1965: left side in-flight view as Road Runners Skyhawk BuNo 147809, NG-7xx, operating from the USS Enterprise refuels from a Skywarrior tanker.
"Bear" Langworthy

1965: Roadrunners Skyhawk BuNo 149569, NG-701, freshly painted for change of command.
"Bear" Langworthy

U.S.S. America, 1967 Med Cruise.
Photo by Ted "Bear" Langworthy

U.S.S. America with a "Whale" over her ramp, June 1967 Med cruise.
Photo by Ted "Bear" Langworthy

VA-36 Ready Room,
1967 America Med Cruise, l to r; LT Bill Collins, CDR Frank Rush, LT Jim Cook, LT "Bear" Langworthy, LT Don Dollar.
Photo from "Bear" Langworthy.

Flight Deck in the MED on the 1967 U.S.S. America Cruise.
Photo by Ted "Bear" Langworthy

Duel A-4Cs on the flight deck in the MED on the 1967 U.S.S. America Cruise.
Photo by Ted "Bear" Langworthy

Lt. Al Gates over the MED 1967 U.S.S. America Cruise.
Photo by Ted "Bear" Langworthy

1967: USS Amercia gets a new "Bow Ornament".
United States Navy Photograph
Story by Captain Hook from the Fall 1997 Skyhawk Newsletter.

Three over 500
U.S.S. America 1967, LT.'s Roger Kisiel, Steve Jordan, Bear Langworthy (all 3 with over 500 total landings each before end of first tour in VA-36).
Photo from "Bear" Langworthy.

BuNo.148562 serves as a backdrop for a squadron photo.
Photo from "Bear" Langworthy.

BuNo.148556 and 148516 off the southern coast of Sicily during the 1967 U.S.S. America MED Cruise.
Photo by Ted "Bear" Langworthy

1968-69 SE Asia: Road Runners Skyhawk BuNo 148610, AK-510, as she lands.
Unknown photographer via W. Mutza

1968-69: Road Runners Skyhawk BuNo 148528, AK-512, assigned to LTJG Charlie Roach parked on the flightline.
Jim Brady

BuNo.148587, left in the picture, on board CVA-95 U.S.S. Forrestal during 1970 Med Cruise.
Photo from Joe Turpen.

A-4C, on board CVA-95 U.S.S. Forrestal during 1970 Med Cruise.
Photo from Joe Turpen.

Jan 1970 BuNo 149642, AA-319, and BuNo 148516 parked near the island aboard the USS Forrestal off the coast of Spain during a Med cruise.
Photo by W.A. Gabbard via John Gabbard.


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