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Northampton Class Heavy Cruiser USS Chicago pictured showing her embarked Vought 03U-1 Observation and Reconnaissance Floatplanes at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1931.

Douglas AD-5 Skyraider from Attack Squadron 85 (VA-85) pictured on USS Intrepid,April 20th 1956.

Maintainers pictured at work on an North American RA-5 Vigilante aboard USS Ranger,off Vietnam in March 1965.

A-4 pilot Lt W.T. Majors of Attack Squadron 153,pictured as he and fellow pilots head to their aircraft after a target briefing aboard USS Coral Sea in April 1965.

An Vought F4U Corsair conducts a RATO (Rocket-Assisted Take Off) aboard Bogue Class Escort Carrier USS Altamaha,March 1st 1944.

Vought O2U Corsair Scout and Observation aircraft pictured embarked on Omaha Class Light Cruiser USS Raleigh in 1928.

USN Naval Aviation 2019.

McDonnell Douglas T-45C Goshawk Trainer,attached to the Redhawks of Training Squadron (VT) 21 pictured being refueled aboard USS George H.W. Bush,August 29th 2016.

Douglas A-4E Skyhawk pictured preparing to leave the flight deck of USS Franklin D Roosevelt,August 10th 1966. This was the first aircraft to leave FDR on an actual mission.

Lockheed F-35B Lightning II JSF pictured aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS America....2018.