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Description: A Douglas EA-1F Skyraider ECM-aircraft (BuNo. 135010) of airborne early warning squadron VAW-13 Zappers over the Gulf of Tonkin in 1966. VAW-13's Det. M was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). The aircraft carries an APS-31C radar on the starboard wing. An APS-19 radar and two ALT-2 jamming pods are carried under the port wing. This aircraft was lost in an cold catapult shot from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) on 19 June 1966. Equipment: AN/APS-19: X-band search and intercept radar; AN/APS-31C: X-band search and navigational radar; AN/ALT-2: X/S/L-band radar noise jamming transmitter.
Title: EA-1F VAW-13 1966
Credit: U.S. Navy sailor or employee [1]; marked as "USN" photo in the 2002 Hook Magazine [2].
Author: Paul Selby
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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