File:AD-7 of VA-216 landing on USS Hornet (CVA-12) in 1958.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy Douglas AD-7 Skyraider (BuNo 142034) from Attack Squadron VA-216 "Black Diamonds" landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVA-12). VA-216 was assigned to Air Task Group 4 (ATG-4) aboard teh Hornet for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 6 January to 2 July 1958.
The AD-7 (A-1J) 142034 was later tranferred to the South Vietnamese Air Force. It served with the 516th Fighter Squadron and crashed at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, on 17 May 1967.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hornet (CVA-12) 1958 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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13:48, 19 January 2013Thumbnail for version as of 13:48, 19 January 20131,020 × 467 (204 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy Douglas AD-7 ''Skyraider'' (BuNo 142034) from Attack Squadron VA-216 "Black Diamonds" landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Hornet'' (CVA-12). VA-216 was assigned to Air Task Group 4 (...