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Maintenance crewmen work on the left wing of an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35) in a hangar at the air station. The squadron will be deploying in less than three weeks to the Western Pacific aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68)

During a pre-deployment inspection, a maintenance crewman attaches a piece of test equipment to the static tube projecting from the rudder of an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35). In less than three weeks, VA-35 and the other squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) will deploy to the Western Pacific aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68)

A mechanic tightens a panel near the open landing gear of an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35) during pre-deployment maintenance. In less than three weeks VA-35 and the other squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) will begin a deployment to the Western Pacific aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68)

A maintenance crewman uses an air wrench to tighten a panel on an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35) as the squadron prepares to deploy to the Western Pacific aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68)

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72), flight deck crew members prepare to launch a F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, assigned to the "Fighting Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA-151), during flight operations conducted while the ship is underway in the Western Pacific Ocean conducting a scheduled deployment

A plane captain performing a maintenance check climbs out of the cockpit of an A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) on the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A maintenance crewman works under the nose of an Attack Squadron 34 (VA-34) A-6E Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) during FLEET EX '90

An Aviation Ordnanceman from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35) inspects a batch of Mark 76 Mod 5 practice bombs before they are mounted on one of his Squadron's A-6E Intruder aircraft

An Attack Squadron 34 (VA-34) pilot conducts a preflight check of the bombs hung on a wing pylon of his A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during Fleet Ex '90

A maintenance crewman from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35) climbs into the left engine intake of one of his squadron's A-6E Intruder aircraft for a pre-deployment inspection. In less than three weeks, VA-35 and the other squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) will deploy to the Western Pacific aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Kvello, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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10/12/1986
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A Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to catch the arresting wire as it comes in for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during flight operations aboard the vessel

A-7B Corsair II aircraft in the hangar bay of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70). The aircraft are assigned to Light Attack Squadrons 203, 204, and 205 (VA-203, 204, 205)

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Flight deck crewmen conduct flight operations with an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The F-14 is in position to be catapulted from the carrier

An A-6E Intruder attack aircraft lands on the flight deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

NC-10B powerplants are positioned at the end of a line of A-6E Intruder and F-14A Tomcat aircraft during servicing of the aircraft prior to a mission

Army Soldiers from Fort Lewis, Washington, and civilian firefighters help themselves to hot breakfast on their first day off in over three weeks of battling the widespread blazes in Yellowstone National Park

Aircraft and maintenance personnel from the 39th and 40th Airlift Squadrons, Dyess AFB, TX, prepare to participate in the operation.(Exact date unknown)

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