An LSO's perspective of flight operations involving an SNJ-6 Texan assigned to Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) 4 at Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Barin Field on board the carrier Monterey (CVL 26) in the Gulf of Mexico. This image was taken on June 15, 1953, sixty years ago today
An EA-1F Skyraider of Carrier Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 33 pictured ready for launch on board the carrier Independence (CVA 62) underway in the Mediterranean Sea on June 15, 1964, forty-nine years ago today.