Camouflaged Douglas A-1H Skyraider of VA-115 is about to lauch from USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), 12 May 1966 (428-NPC-36827)

A U.S. Navy camouflaged Douglas A-1H Skyraider of Attack Squadron 115 (VA-115) "Arabs" is about to lauch from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), 12 May 1966. VA-115 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) aboard the Kitty Hawk for a deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966. Note the aircraft's camouflage. The U.S. Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of CVW-11 with dark green colours to blend in with the Vietnamese jungle. The results proved inconclusive for the U.S. Navy, whereas the U.S. Air Force concluded that the camouflage was effective. U.S. Navy planes would not be camouflaged until the 1980s.

Date

1966-05-12

Photographer / author

U.S. Navy film 428-NPC-36827

Archive

U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)

Type

photograph

Original size

1,224 × 880 pixels

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