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Total Pictures on this page = 131
1973 - Excellent photo collection from Robert Thompson
[Image Source - Robert Thompson]
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1973 - Flight deck scenes from 1973 WestPac.
1973 - Nice shot of a VF-111 F-4B Sundowner trapping.
[Image Source - Richard Pletcher]
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
[Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck]
1973 - Cool sunset launch of a F-4B Phantom of VF-51.
1973 - E2 "landing".
[Image Source - Bob Dress]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Recovery] [Recovery]
1973 - Collection of flight deck action shots.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
[Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck]
1974 - 22 July - Very rare appearance of an RA-5C Vigilanti. Coral Sea never operated detatchments of this plane. These two are from RVAH-3 getting some CARQUAL time.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Vigilanti]
1977 - Great photo collection of Flight OPS. An F-4J of VF-191 taxi's forward as launch cycle begins. Quite evening on the flight deck. Recovery starting as launch just finished. VF-194 Phantom with intersting paint scheme taxi's forward. Packed bow as seen from PRI-FLY. Phantom moves up to catapult. Two VF-194 Phantoms ready to launch. Phnatom with afterburners lit. E-2 Hawkeye of VAW-114 launches.
[Image Source - Peter Morris & Manuel Morris]
[Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops]
[Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops] [Flight Ops]
1977 - VMAQ-2 EA-6A with its famous tail markings rolls out in the arresting gear.
1977 - VA-22 A-7E Fighting Redcock trapping.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Flight Deck] [Flight Deck]
1977 - VA-94 A-7E Mighty Shrikes running the wire out.
1977 - VAW-114 E-2B recovers.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Flight Deck] [Flight Deck]
1977 - VFP-63 RF-8G at full burner off cat 3.
1977 - HC-1 DET 4 SH-3G in planeguard duty.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Flight Deck] [Flight Deck]
1979-80 - F4 lit-up and ready to launch. Launching.
1979-80 - The "pack".
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Flight Deck]
1979-80 - Respot underway. Good shot of all the shirt colors.
1979-80 - F4 Phantom getting hooked to go.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Bob Dorais]
[Flight Deck] [Launch]
1979-80 - Me(white shirt) doing final check on a VA-27 Royal Mace A7-E rolling up to the port "cat".
1979-80 - A couple of birds on the flight deck.
[Image Source - Bob Dorais]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Checker 1] [CV-43] [CV-43]
1979-80 - Cool black & white photo of a Marine F-4 of VMFA-531 going to full power on the starboard cat.
1979-80 - Flight deck scene. F4, A6 and E2 all turning and ready to go.
[Image Source - DoD]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1979-80 - Nice shot of some VMFA-323 Phantoms parked on the starboard fantail. A Deathrattler making his 100th trap aboard the Coral Sea. VMFA-323 F-4N Phantom over the round down. Marine F-4 catching the "1" wire.
[Image Source - Bill Bowers, VMFA-323]
[Phantoms] [Phantoms] [Phantoms] [Phantoms]
1979-80 - VA-27 A-7E CAG rolling up to cat.
1979-80 - VA-97 A-7E CAG off the waist cat.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1979-80 - VFMA-531 Grey Ghosts operating in the Indian Ocean.
[Image Source - John Valdez]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1979-80 - VMFA-323 F-4N at full burner on the catapult.
1979-80 - Visiting Whale of VQ-1 launching.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1979-80 - CAG A-6E of VA-196 waiting behind the Jet Blast Deflectors for its turn to launch.
1979-80 - VAW-113 E-2 Hawkeye taxing off the angle deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1979-80 - A pack of F-4's parked starboard side forward.
1979-80 - RF-8G with candle lit.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1979-80 - Coral Sea being relived by the USS Constellation CV-64 marking the end of a 102 day period in the Indian Ocean.
1979-80 - VMFA 323 F-4N "Death Rattler" ready on Cat 2.
[Image Source - Joe Land]
[Image Source - Gary Schreffler]
[Island] [Phantom]
1979-80 - HC-1 Plane guard off the port side.
1979-80 - VMFA-531 F-4N "Hulk" trapping on the Coral Sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Cdr. Pete Clayton]
[Launch] [Trap]
1979-80 - VMFA-531 F-4 pictures.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1979-80 - Various pictures from Bill Moore.
[Image Source - Bill Moore]
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