Photo Description: A right side flight deck view of a United States Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante aircraft ( BuNo 150834 ) assigned to Reconnaissance Attack Squadron THREE ( RVAH-3 ) nicknamed Sea Dragons warming up aboard USS Saratoga (CVA-60). This RA-5C 150834 was sent to storage at the AMARC bone yard in December 1973. In October 1978 it was sent to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT) at Socorro, NM for explosives tests. Photo Credit: USGov Photo Date: Unknown Photo Location: USS Saratoga CVA-60 Photo ID: A50020
Photo Description: A right side view of at least thirteen United States Navy North American RA-5C Vigilante aircraft at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center ( MASDC ) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona in the 1970s. The RA-5Cs were of the first production batch delivered in the early 1960s. The first aircraft in line BuNo 150829 was retired as 4A0013 on 27 April 1971. Photo Credit: USGov Photo Date: 11 November 1978 Photo Location: Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson Arizona Photo ID: A50012
Photo Description: A flight deck view of the crew of a United States Navy North American A3J-1 Vigilante aircraft ( later A-5/RA-5 ) assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron SEVEN ( VAH-7 ) nicknamed Peacemakers in front of their aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise ( CVAN-65 ) in 1962. Photo Credit: USGov Photo Date: circa 1962 Photo Location: USS Enterprise CVAN-65 Photo ID: A50011