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Description U.S. Navy flight deck crewmen perform a preflight check on a Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior (BuNo 147995) of U.S. Naval Reserve aerial refueling squadron VAK-208 Jockeys aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on 15 September 1985. The Douglas A-3B 147665 was converted to an KA-3B in June 1967, to an EKA-3B in July 1967, and back to an KA-3B in February 1976. The plane finally crashed into Pyramid Lake, Nevada (USA), during night low level mission in January 1987, killing the crew of 3.
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Source U.S. Defenseimagery.mil photo VIRIN: DN-SC-87-06167
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