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428-GX-K-31505: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1966

428-GX-K-31505: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1966. An F-4B “Phantom” is launched from the deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) at night. A time exposure records the catapult officer’s signal for full power (green streaks near cockpit) and the brilliant glare of the jet’s after burners as it hurtles down the catapult for a strike against North Vietnam. Photographed by Jim Falk, 30 May 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/05/01).
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Caption: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1966. An F-4B “Phantom” is launched from the deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) at night. A time exposure records the catapult officer’s signal for full power (green streaks near cockpit) and the brilliant glare of the jet’s after burners as it hurtles down the catapult for a strike against North Vietnam. Photographed by Jim Falk, 30 May 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/05/01).
Accession #: 428-GX-K-31505
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