File:RF-8A of VFP-63 landing on USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in 1963.jpg

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A U.S. Navy Vought RF-8A Crusader (BuNo 146861) of Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-63 Det.B "Eyes of the Fleet" landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14). VFP-63 Det.B was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) aboard the Ticonderoga for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 3 January to 15 July 1963.

146861 later collided with an F-8J (BuNo 150299) of Fighter Squadron VF-24 over the Gulf of Tonkin while getting ready to refuel from a tanker on 5 September 1972. Th pilot ejected and was rescued.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) 1963 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author USN

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