#USS Oriskany

[a-4skyhawk]

F-8 Crusader of VF-191 Satan's Kittens lands aboard USS Oriskany

#uss oriskany #naval aviation #f 8 crusader

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Oriskany (CV-34) is in the final stages of construction at the New York Navy Yard, circa May 1946.

Photographed by Andreas Feininger for LIFE Magazine.

LIFE Magazine Archives: 599352

#USS Oriskany (CV-34) #USS Oriskany #Essex Class #Aircraft Carrier #ship #warship #construction #New York Navy Yard #New York City #New York #post war #united states navy #us navy #navy #usn #u.s. navy #May #1946 #my post

[casposters]

(via Artwork of the Vietnam War – CherriesWriter – Vietnam War website)

Robert D. Fiacco, “Oriskany Rendezvous” : A-4C Skyhawks from VA-94, assigned to USS Hancock, fly past the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) prior to striking targets in North Vietnam in 1967.

#USN #Naval #Aviation #CVA-34 #USS Oriskany #Vietnam War #A-4 Skyhawk

[usafphantom2]

Vietnam war by Linh Yoshimura Via Flickr: July 23, 1966 - LTV F-8E Crusader Fighter, of Fighter Squadron 162 (VF-162) based on USS Oriskany (CVA-34) Fires 2.75-inch rockets in support of ground forces in South Vietnam, during Oriskany's 1966 deployment. US National Archives Photo

#USS Oriskany #CVA-34 #F-8 Crusader #VF-162 #US Navy #Vietnam war #flickr

[adiduck]

WIP Wednesday

I have been posting a LOT about Operation Groundhog AU, so instead today I am going to post a bit of Valley AU. Just to remind y'all (and myself) that I'm working on other fics, too, LOL

Maverick pauses, listening to the rumbling getting louder.

That’s an engine, he thinks, and dives under cover into the undergrowth, hidden by the large leaves of a bush and a downed tree. The engine gets louder--a jet, for sure. Subsonic, and too small to be a Felon. Not an F-18, either, and Maverick lets himself feel a moment of intense relief. He has no idea if the others can follow him here, really, but--well. He doesn’t want them to.

The engine gets softer, and then louder again--circling like a vulture. Did the pilot spot him? Maverick doesn’t know, isn’t sure what to king about any of this. Surely if it knew where he was, it would have started shooting by now--

He breathes for a moment, as the jet gets closer, and then inches towards an opening in his cover--slowly, slowly peering out. The angle’s back, but he can just barely make out a stretch of sky, and the jet circles around for a third time--

Maverick feels his blood turn to ice in his veins.

That’s not any sort of jet currently in circulation, he thinks, stupidly. That’s an F-8.

That’s an F-8, and it’s looking for him.

If asked later, Maverick wouldn’t be able to explain why he did what he did next, couldn’t explain the way adrenaline shot through him, the clawing, choking fear that swamped him, certainly would not be able to explain the way he knew, somehow, suddenly, that he did not want that F-8 to spot him.

Which is why what he does next is so fucking stupid.

He runs.

#wip wednesday #valley au #adi is a writer #wip snippet #fun fact: viper tells Mav in TG86 that he and Duke flew F-4s off the USS Oriskany in Vietnam #the USS Oriskany didn't have F-4s #it had F-8s #this is your reminder that Adi Is Pedantic

[judgemark45]

USS Oriskany (CVA-34)

Navy pilot Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Denny Earl, with both legs shattered by North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire, successfully lands his A-4 Skyhawk attack plane aboard the Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin, 20 October 1967. The nylon emergency barrier assures the wounded pilot that he will not have to make more than one attempt to land his plane. Photographed by PHC Neal Crowe. Official U.S. Navy Photograph

[planesawesome]

1967, LTJG Denny Earl completed his bomb run and returned to USS Oriskany even though both his legs had been shattered when North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire hit his A-4 Skyahwk. He was able to make a perfect landing but a barricade had been erected as a precaution.

[alex99achapterthree]

On top, the customer...

Vought F8-J CRUSADER from VF-191 takes on fuel from...

...A-7B CORSAIR II from VA-155, both embarked aboard USS ORISKANY for a deployment to Vietnam in 1972-73.

The A-7 is carrying a "buddy store", a fuel tank that included a hose reel and drogue along with 3 more external fuel tanks. With this setup, any aircraft could be a tanker. The tanker pilot streams the drogue and hose and the customer flies up, makes the connection with his refueling probe and takes whatever fuel the tanker schedules for that offload.

Having even this relatively small amount of giveaway fuel in the air was very useful. These tankers could "top off" aircraft too heavily loaded with weapons to be launched with a full load. Also, they could offer a pilot having trouble getting aboard enough gas for a few more passes at the deck, saving him from at best a trip to a divert airfield on the beach and at worst an ejection into the sea.

#aircraft #airplane

[airmanisr]

F4U Cosairs by Willard Womack Via Flickr: Preparing to launch on the USS Oriskany. Navy VF-874 Squadron.

#carrier #aircraft #F4U

[curbthetide]

From the National Naval Aviation Museum:

A VA-155 A-7 Corsair II refuels a VF-191 F-8 Crusader during a flight from USS Oriskany (CVA 34) in 1974.

#A-7E #F-8C #Corsair #Crusader #national naval aviation museum #naval aviation

[a-4skyhawk]

Douglas A-4F Skyhawk of VA-192 Golden Dragons assigned aboard USS Oriskany CV-34

#a4 skyhawk #naval aircraft #military aircraft #naval aviation

[lonestarbattleship]

Laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard are, from left to right, USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4), USS Oklahoma City (CG-5) and USS Oriskany (CV-34).

Photographed by LT Fallon on January 25, 1990.

NARA: 6450777

#USS Oriskany (CV-34) #USS Oriskany #Essex Class #Aircraft Carrier #USS Oklahoma City (CG-5) #USS Oklahoma City #Galveston Class #Guided Missile Cruiser #Cruiser #USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4) #USCGC Glacier #Icebreaker #warship #ship #mothballs #reserve fleet #January #1990 #united states navy #us navy #navy #usn #u.s. navy #my post

[acorn-field]

Maverick’s Jackets

G-1 Military Flight Jacket in TG and TGM

Based on certain patches, Maverick's leather flight jacket originally belonged to his dad

OR since ANJ-3 (Army Navy Jacket 3) was standardized as the G-1 jacket in 1947 and has stayed the same, it could be that Maverick had patches from his dad and sew them when he received his G-1 on the first day of his Aviation Indoctrination program.

Patches that could belongs to Duke Michelle (Issued during/before the Vietnam war)

USS Galveston CLG-3: Far East Cruise 63′-64′ 

COMCRUDESPLOT-9 (Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Nine) 

CV-34 Oriskany Carrier Patch

US Naval Cruise Destroyer Pacific Vigilance

USN SEABEES Patch

US 7th Fleet Patch

3rd Marine Wing Patch

CVW-19

DLG-32 Cruise Patch

Patches belongs to Pete Maverick Michelle

Pete Mitchell Shield

VF-1 Squadron Patch

CV-61 Centurion Patch (based on matching patch on his flight suit)

CVW-2 ( Carrier Air Wing 2 ) USS Ranger TOP TEN (based on CV-61 patch on his flight suit)

Patch that could belong to either

NAS Jacksonville Base patch

Patches doesn’t belongs to Michelle

3rd Marine Amphib Patch (Vietnam war period, could be Duke Michelle’s friend’s patch?)

Texas Dallas Flag (Maybe Duke Michelle is from Texas Dallas?)

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CWU-36/P in TGM

Winter weight 45/P & summer weight 36/P. Maverick is shown wearing CWU-36/P (since he is in San Diego)

Patches

Name patch with call sign & wing

VX-31 (Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31)

Navy Fighter Weapons School patch

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Resources:

patch list: https://av8rstuff.com/TG1-LXjax.html

article on Maverick’s jacket: https://href.li/?https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/the-history-behind-mavericks-jackets-in-both-top-gun-movies

info on Maverick’s jacket: https://href.li/?https://bamfstyle.com/2018/10/27/top-gun-maverick-g1/amp/

COMCRUDESFLOT9:https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=PublicUnit&type=Unit&ID=11033

COMCRUDESFLOT 9: https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-69000/NH-69553-KN.html

CVW-2 : https://www.seaforces.org/usnair/CVW/Carrier-Air-Wing-2.htm

CV-34 :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)

CV-61 USS Ranger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-61)

US NAVAL CRUISER DESTROYER PACIFIC VIGILANCE: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/naval-cruiser-destroyer-pacific-439468442

Seabee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabee

United States Seventh Fleet :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet

3rd Amphibious Corps : https://marines.togetherweserved.com/usmc/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=PublicUnit&type=Unit&ID=3252

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW) :  https://www.3rdmaw.marines.mil/About/History/

CVW-19 : https://www.seaforces.org/usnair/CVW/Carrier-Air-Wing-19.htm

CG 32  -  USS William H. Standley: https://www.seaforces.org/usnships/cg/CG-32-USS-William-H-Standley.htm

[usafphantom2]

F-9F-2-123440-VMFA311-HAMILTON-1950 by Michel Klaveren

#F-9 #TF-9 #PANTHER #COUGAR #USS-ORISKANY #USS #SARATOGA #USS-ESSEX #PMTC #NAVY #CHASE-FIELD #MC-CHORD #EL-CENTRO #flickr

[crazygadgetshere]

US Navy & Marines Carrier Wing Decal Sets Released

Bullseye Fashion Flight has excepted a few quarter scale sticky label units: Provider Wind Wing 16 USS Oriskany 1965-1967 and F-4J Phantom II Fleet Phantoms VII ‘Yankee Station MiG Combatants’ BMA48031 – Provider Wind Wing 16 USS Oriskany 1965-1967 (A-4E Skyhawk A-1H Skyraider F-8E Crusader) – 1:48 BMA48032 – F-4J Phantom II Fleet Phantoms VII ‘Yankee Station MiG Combatants’ – 1:48 To be had…

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[judgemark45]

USS Oriskany (CVA-34)

Underway off the coast of Southern California, 27 January 1955, with four F2H Banshee jet fighters on her flight deck. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Nhhc