File:A4D-2 VA-72 launching from USS FD Roosevelt (CVA-42) 1959.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk (BuNo 142794) from Attack Squadron VA-72 Hawks being launched from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), in May 1959. VA-72 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) aboard the FDR during that carrier's deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 13 February to 1 September 1959.
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Source U.S. Navy photograph [1] from ussfranklindroosevelt.com.
Author AT2 Glenn Muzzy, USN

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