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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 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

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

Workers secure a BQM-74E target drone to a wing pylon 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 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 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 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 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

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

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

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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

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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workers workers use weapons loader weapons loader bqm target drone e target drone port pylon attack squadron va intruder aircraft test evaluation exercises evaluation exercises missile division warfare center naval air station california air station a 6 e intruder wing pylon point mugu naval base grumman aerospace corporation a 6 intruder high resolution naval air warfare center weapons division bqm 74 e target drone a 6 e intruder aircraft point mugu vance vasquez jet aircraft military aircraft us national archives attack aircraft
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01/08/1992
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