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On its side……a 1970 color picture including A-6A Intruder 155717 & 155718 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-6As_VA-52_over_USS_Kitt... Two Grumman A-6A Intruder BuNo 155717, 155718 of VA-52 Knightriders in flight over their carrier, USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), off Vietnam on 15 November 1970. VA-52 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 aboard the Kitty Hawk from 6 November 1970 to 17 July 1971. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.6996 …………………………………………………………………………………………….. Info on A-6A/E Intruder 155717 Intruder 155717 was originally built as an A-6A and later modernized to A-6E. As part of the permanently forward deployed force in Japan, Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) code NF was assigned to CV-41 USS MIDWAY. www.gonavy.jp/CVW-NF2f.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1973.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1974.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1975.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1976.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1977.html For up to five years during the period from January 1973 to December 1977; A-6A 155717 of VA-115 as Modex 510 was part of CVW-5 based at NAF Atsugi, Japan and CV-41 USS MIDWAY was home ported at Yokosuka, Japan. A-6A 155717, VA-115, Modex 510 was replaced by an A-6E during 1977. After return to the continental USA A-6A 155717 went into the A-6E upgrade program. 1993 US spotters report of A-6E 155717 at NAS Oceana Virginia.: (Click on 'North America' on left of page, then using slider bar on right scroll down to 'Oceana (VA)' within the 'United States of America' list, then click on '1993' to view info) www.scramble.nl/showreports.htm NAS Oceana, 50th Anniversary Air Show 11 September 1993 C-hangar (A-6): Recorded from a total of ten Intruder, A-6E 155717 as Modex 514 of VA-35 . 1994 picture of A-6A Intruder 155717 during its last ever deployment before retirement: www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Navy/Grumman-A-6E-Intruder/... A-6A 155717 with VA-35 "Black Panthers" as Modex 514 tail code AA of CVW-17 CV-60 USS Saratoga Equipped with under nose ‘TRAM’ turret. In air refueling configuration with buddy refueling pod on centerline pylon. Palma de Mallorca Bay, Mallorca/Majorca, Balearic Isles, Mediterranean Sea. May 1994 A-6E 155717 arrived at the then AMARC near Tucson Arizona on August 2, 1994. Given AMARC inventory code AN5A0125 Its location code was 01413. This was AMARC West, Area 1, Row 14, Position 13. Info gathered from these internet links www.f4phantom.co.uk/tucson/amarc.txt www.mwindridge.clara.net/Database/18Feb00/area_04.htm home.clara.net/mwindridge/Database/20May01/area_041.htm A-6E 155717 entry in "The AMARC Experience" website: www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCDB.asp?SessionId=669848453&a... VA-35 "Black Panthers" as Modex 514 tail code AA of CVW-17. Last deployment CV-60 USS Saratoga A personalized message directly relating to A-6E 155717 may be viewed by clicking on the underlined serial number. Message reads thus; Aircraft Information Information on Grumman A-6E Intruder 155717 After this aircraft was involved in an incident that closed Taipei International Airport for six hours, I flew it from Taipei to MCAS Iwakuni with the flaps locked up and the gear locked down. The details are described in a September 1976 Approach magazine article. "The Accident that Should Have Happened." Subsequent to minimal repairs at Iwakuni, I then flew it aboard USS Midway for a no-flap arrestment. Despite four landings in the wires, the hook skipped and failed to catch a cross-deck pendant. The fifth (successful) landing was assisted by rolls of toilet paper wrapped in ordnance tape being used to raise the pendants about ten inches off the deck. Rarely has the deceleration of arrestment been more satisfying than on that landing! Gary Forsberg gary.forsberg@hill.af.mil - 08:37:28 15 July 2009 Go to this website; "AMARC III": www.amarc.info/ Mouse clicking on 'Inventory by type', scroll down to box 'A-6 Intruder', mouse click on it and the most up to date inventory list may be viewed. Inventories dated 15 December 2010 & 14 January 2011 & 29 March 2011 recorded 163 A-6 still in storage at what is now AMARG. A list dated 14 Sept 2010 recorded 174 Intruder. Because of recent precautionary restrictions on information only the minimum details of aircraft at AMARG are allowed to be published. All aircraft in all "AMARC III" lists are in arrival date order only. As A-6E 155717 arrival date was August 2, 1994 and is no longer on that list indicates it has been disposed of for salvage and scrapped. My warmest thanks to Martyn Swann for "AMARC III" Go to this 'AMARC Experience' webpage for a satellite picture of AMARC West: www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCTour.asp (note Area 1 on far left corner – Date of image unknown) Go to this 'AMARC Experience' webpage for an aerial picture of AMARC West Area 1 with A-6 Intruders in rows: www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCAreaGuide.asp?Id=16 (note four rows of Intruder amid others & picture up to ten years old) …………………………………………………………………………………………….. Info on A-6A/E Intruder 155718 A-6E Intruder 155718 within two other ‘flickr’ pics: www.flickr.com/photos/nicanair/341065676/ A-6E 155718 VA-55 'Warhorses' Modex 504, tail code AK of Carrier Air Wing Thirteen (CVW-13) in low viz gray with wings folded. www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4556420688/ Grumman : A-6 : Intruder Catalog #: 00000591 Manufacturer: Grumman Designation: A-6 Official Nickname: Intruder Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive A-6A Intruder 155718 VA-52 Modex 510 of VA-52 ‘Knightriders’ code NH of CVW-11 on tail. Intruder 155718 was originally built as an A-6A and later modernized to A-6E. 1970 color picture including A-6A 155718 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-6As_VA-52_over_USS_Kitt... Two Grumman A-6A Intruder BuNo 155717, 155718 of VA-52 Knightriders in flight over their carrier, USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), off Vietnam on 15 November 1970. VA-52 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 aboard the Kitty Hawk from 6 November 1970 to 17 July 1971. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.6996 As part of the permanently forward deployed force in Japan, Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) code NF was assigned to CV-41 USS MIDWAY. www.gonavy.jp/CVW-NF2f.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1973.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1974.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1975.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1976.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW5-NF1977.html For up to five years during the period from January 1973 to December 1977; A-6A 155718 of VA-115 as Modex 511 was part of CVW-5 based at NAF Atsugi, Japan. While CV-41 USS MIDWAY was home ported at Yokosuka, Japan. A-6A 155718, VA-115, Modex 511 was replaced by an A-6E during 1977. 1980 British spotters sighting report for A-6E 155718 of VA-35 'Panthers' Modex 504 with code AJ of CVW-8: homepage.ntlworld.com/nigel.sadler1/page_article_CVN-68%2... This was aboard CVN-68 - USS NIMITZ anchored off Portsmouth harbor, England, UK between 25th & 29th September 1980 A-6E 155718, wearing Modex code 504, was part of VA-35 'Black Panthers' with CVW-8 (code AJ) aboard CVN-68 USS NIMITZ some time before or between August 29 & October 17 1980 for a North Atlantic deployment and NATO exercise Teamwork 80. www.gonavy.jp/CVW-AJf.html www.gonavy.jp/CVW8-AJ1980.html A-6E 155718 was with US Marine Corps unit VMA(AW)-224 ‘Fighting Bengals’ as Modex 505 tail code WK & based at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan between April & 25 Sept 1989. This was part of US Marine Corps Marine Air Group Twelve. seagull77.web.infoseek.co.jp/MAG12/mag12.html A-6E 155718 may have been transferred to VMA (AW)-332 (code EA) A-6E Intruder 155718 was with VA-65 ‘Tigers’ as Modex 501 when it took part in Operations 'Desert Shield' & 'Desert Storm' firstly protectiing the Arabian Gulf then later the freeing of Kuwait from the grip of invasion and subsequent defeat of enemy Iraq forces within its own territory: www.gonavy.jp/CVW8-AJ1990.html VA-65 was part of Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) code AJ aboard CVN-71 USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT between December 28, 1990 & June 28, 1991. Commercially available airborne color picture of A-6E 155718 dated 23 April 1990: www.cloud9photography.us/Military-Aviation-10/Grumman-A-6... A-6USN 00002 Grumman A-6 Intruder USN 155718 USS Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1990 by Robert L Lawson A 1994 sighting report for A-6E 155718 at Norfolk Naval Air Depot, Virginia: www.scramble.nl/showreports.htm (Click on 'North America' on left then within the list ‘United States of America’, scroll down to ‘Norfolk (VA)’ then click on ‘1994’ to view – scroll down again to entry) NAS Norfolk (VA), 41st International Azelea Festival Air Show. 24 April 1994. NAD Storage: A-6E/KA-6D : (Among fifteen Intruders is recorded - ) 155718/ AD-570 The entry is interpreted that A-6E 155718 was seen marked with tail code AD of VA-42 ‘Thunderbolts’, marked Modex 570, and had been part of the US East coast based Fleet Requirements Squadron that trained Intruder aviators and maintainers, after being placed in store before eventual decision on disposal. There's no known record of it being retired to AMARC storage in Arizona. Further info that might reveal more on the service history of A-6A/E 155718 and its eventual fate may possibly be accessed by use of the US Freedom of Information Act by ANY interested citizen. (not just U.S.) foia.navy.mil/OnlineFoiaRequestForm2.asp

CVA-64 USS CONSTELLATION cruising along with aircraft on flight deck. Wherein can be seen, on port side, [furthest away] four F-4J Phantom with one more F-4J on forward part of landing area, with wing outer panels raised. On starboard side are; behind Island, one A-3 Skywarrior type, and two RA-5C Vigilante. There is also an E-2B Hawkeye alongside the Island and an A-7E Corsair before it.

The Navy officer's name tag says "Obie Oberg." He is mentioned on this page as Cdr Owen "Obie" Oberg. www.navsource.org/archives/02/59.htm

A Google search for Owen Oberg turns up, among other things, this biography from the "Golden Eagles":

Owen H. Oberg, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) “Obie” Date of Designation: 2 April 1946NA # P 23837 Dates of Active Duty: 1 August 1943 - 1 September 1977 Total Flight Hours:6,000 Carrier/Ship Landings: Fixed wing: 600 Rotary: 50 Approximate Flight Hours: Jet: 4,000 Prop: 2,000 VF/VA: 4,000 VU/VFP: 1,000 VT: 1,000 Other: USAF Otis AFB, 437th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Combat Tours: Korea: VF-11 (F2H), USS Kearsarge, 1952 - 70 missions Vietnam: CO, USS Caliente (AO-53), 1969 - 1971. Vietnam: CO, USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), 1971 - 1972. Vietnam: Chief, Fleet Coordinating Group, Saigon, Vietnam and Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, 1972 - 1973. Vietnam: CINCPACFLT Rep. for Operation “Frequent Aviation Commands: CO, VF-41, 1962 - 1963. Commander, Carrier Air Group 7, 1973 - 1975. Commander, Carrier Air Group 8, USS Forrestal (CVA-59). and USS Shangri La (CVA-38), 1965 - 1966. CO, USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), 1971 - 1972. Combat Awards: 2 Legions of Merit Bronze Star 3 Air Medals Duty Assignment Chronology Rear Admiral Oberg was born in Athol, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1925 and entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program from Holy Cross College in 1944. He received his wings and was commissioned an Ensign in March 1946. After operational training in torpedo bombers, he served two and one-half years in VJ-16, a utility squadron based in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, followed by two years as a flight instructor in Pensacola, Florida. He reported to VF-11, NAS Jacksonville, Florida in 1951 for a two year tour, which included a deployment of USS Kearsarge to the Sea of Japan, and 70 jet fighter missions over Korea. He was then assigned to the Air Force as a flight leader with the 437th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Otis AFB, Cape Cod. He graduated from test pilot school in December 1954 and served as a test pilot at Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent, Maryland. He then attended Stanford University where he received his Bachelor degree in March 1957. After two years as a development project officer and pilot of VX-3, he spent two years as a Fighter Training Officer on the staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Graduation from the Armed Forces Staff College was followed by two years aboard USS Independence (CVA-62) as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41). Fifteen months as Air Officer on USS Forrestal (CVA-59) led to assignment as Commander, Carrier Air Wing Eight aboard USS Forrestal in 1965 and USS Shangri La (CVA-38) in 1966. He then served as Electronic Warfare Officer in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Upon graduation from the National War College in July 1969, he received the degree Master of Science in International Affairs from George Washington University. He was Commanding Officer, USS Caliente (AO-53) from September 1969 to January 1971, and Commanding Officer, USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) from April 1971 to June 1972. On 10 June 1972, he reported for duty as Chief, Fleet Coordinating Group, Saigon, which subsequently moved to Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, where he served until 14, June 1973. After serving as Commander Carrier Group Seven from 21, July 1973 until 7, February 1975, he reported to Pacific Fleet Headquarters as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, and acted as the Commander-in-Chief's representative in Saigon during Operation “Frequent Wind” (the evacuation of South Vietnam). Rear Admiral Oberg's promotional history is: Lieutenant (junior grade) on 1, April 1949; Lieutenant on 1, July 1952; Lieutenant Commander on 1, December 1957; Commander on 1, July 1962; Captain on 1, July 1967; and Rear Admiral on 1, June 1972. His awards include two Legions of Merit, Bronze Star, three Air Medals, and numerous unit, service and foreign decorations. He completed his tour at Pacific Fleet Headquarters in September 1977 and retired from the U.S. Navy to pur- sue a career in industry,. He was first a program manager for Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles until July 1981 and then Product Line Manager of Cubic Corporation, San Diego, California. He retired from industry in 1987 and now resides in a grove in Pauma Valley, California with his wife of 47 years, the former Margaret L. Owens of Wyandotte, Michigan. They have four children, Sandra, Owen, Michael and Elizabeth and eight grandchildren. Summary of Significant Career Events (1)Graduate of the Navy Test Pilot School, Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. (2)Sidewinder missile Project Officer, VX-3, NAS Atlantic City, NJ., 1957-58.

There's also a Tuscaloosa News article from May 23, 1972, at which point he was the captain of the USS Kitty Hawk during operations in the Vietnam war. (The above was pasted in the interest of making this easier to find via Google (etc) searches, so that others who may know more will be able to fill in details in the future.)

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McDonnell F4H-1 / F-4B-10-MC Phantom II 149435 "402" of the USN's VF-114 "Aardvarks" (NH) on a Soviet Tu-16 Badger (Blue 30).