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Workers use a weapons loader to position a BQM-74E target drone under the port wing pylon of an Attack Squadron 128 (VA-128) A-6E Intruder Aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A left side view of a BQM-74E target drone strapped to a weapons loader during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. A-6E Intruder aircraft are in the background

A weapons loader is used to move a BQM-74E target drone to an Attack Squadron 128 (VA-128) A-6E Intruder aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A BQM-74E target drone rests on a weapons loader in front of an Attack Squadron 128 (VA-128) A-6E Intruder Aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

Workers use a weapons loader to position a BQM-74E target drone under a starboard wing pylon of an Attack Squadron 128 (VA-128) A-6E Intruder Aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. A drone is already positioned under the port wing

A BQM-74E target drone hangs from a wing pylon of a DC-130A Hercules aircraft. Operational test and evaluation exercises of the drone are being conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A bottom view of a BQM-74E target drone mounted on a wing of a DC-130A Hercules aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A right side view of a BQM-748 target drone mounted on a DC-130A Hercules aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A weapons loader supports a BQM-748 target drone as it is fitted to a DC-130A Hercules aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A weapons loader is used to move a BQM-74E target drone across the flight line during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. A-6E Intruder aircraft are in the background

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Vance Vasquez

Release Status: Released to Public

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