Image:E-1B CVA-42 Feb1970.jpg

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Description

A Grumman E-1B Tracer AEW-aircraft (BuNo 148923) of airborne early warning squadron VAW-121 Det. 42 Griffins about to launch from the starboard catapult of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) in February 1970. The "Willy Fudd" (nickname of the E-1) was assigned to Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6) (tailcode "AE") on a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from January to July 1970. One of CVW-6s UH-2A/B Seasprite plane guard helicopters of helicopter combat support squadron HC-2 Det. 42 Fleet Angels is visible in the background.
Source

The picture was taken by a US Navy employee during his official duties, it is therefore public domain.[1]
Date

Feb 1970
Author

Eugene Kipp
Permission
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Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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