Aircraft: A-4B
Custodian: VA-12
BuNo: one of 142674-142953 prod. run
Modex: AK302
Location:
Date: 1959
Photo credit: U.S. Navy
Contact: John Gabbard
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Description: Attack Squadron 12, headed by Cdr. W. B. Barrow, was the NavAirLant jet light attack entry at the 1959 Naval Air Weapons Meet. LT Joseph Malec and LT Richard G. Daly took first and second place individual honors. VA-12 came in second as a team. It will deploy next summer aboard the U.S.S. Forrestal equipped with the new A4D-2N Skyhawks.
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