An overhead right side view of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft from Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) and an A-7 Corsair II aircraft from Attack Squadron 97 (VA-97) during preflight preparations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43).

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Caption provided by source:An overhead right side view of an F-4N Phantom II aircraft from Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) Free Lancers and an A-7E Corsair II aircraft from Attack Squadron 97 (VA-97) Warhawks during preflight preparations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43).

Other Notes not from source: The F-4N is BuNo. 151461. The A-7E (probably BuNo. 156872) is also the personalized aircraft of the Commander Air Group (CAG) of Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) at that time. 1981/82 Coral Sea was deployed to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

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Shot: 1 May 1981

 

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