An F4D-1 Skyray of Fighter Squadron (VF) 141 pictured on approach for recovery on the flight deck of the carrier Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) on August 30, 1957, fifty-seven years ago today.
Loaded with bombs, an A-7A Corsair II of Attack Squadron (VA) 27 prepares to be catapulted off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Constellation (CVA 64) steaming in the waters of the Tonkin Gulf off North Vietnam in August 27, 1968, forty-six years ago today.