Old skool USN carrier air off the USS Oriskany in 1970. Sadly, the Oriskany is now a reef off of Florida, sunk a few years ago.
Old School items:
1. Cool F-8 Crusader, A-7 corsair, SH-2 Seasprite, and little-seen HH-3A Sea King CSAR version ops. EA-3 Skywarrior ops....check out the wingtip clearance vs the deck area.
2. The days of bright colors on USN aircraft, in the gull grey over white scheme; something that disappeared in the mid to late 1980s when everything went subdued.
3. Soviet "fishing trawler" spy boats shadowing the fleet.
4. Smoky-ass turbojet engines.
5. Some of the A-7s landing, a few still have some ordnance remaining, and others if you look at the jet intake under the nose, you can see the heavy black soot around where the 20mm cannons have been getting fired.
Old School items:
1. Cool F-8 Crusader, A-7 corsair, SH-2 Seasprite, and little-seen HH-3A Sea King CSAR version ops. EA-3 Skywarrior ops....check out the wingtip clearance vs the deck area.
2. The days of bright colors on USN aircraft, in the gull grey over white scheme; something that disappeared in the mid to late 1980s when everything went subdued.
3. Soviet "fishing trawler" spy boats shadowing the fleet.
4. Smoky-ass turbojet engines.
5. Some of the A-7s landing, a few still have some ordnance remaining, and others if you look at the jet intake under the nose, you can see the heavy black soot around where the 20mm cannons have been getting fired.