EA-1F VAW-13 1966
A Douglas EA-1F Skyraider ECM-aircraft (BuNo. 135010) of airborne early warning squadron VAW-13 Zappers over the Gulf of Tonkin in 1966. VAW-13's Det. M was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). The aircraft carries an APS-31C radar on the starboard wing. An APS-19 radar and two ALT-2 jamming pods are carried under the port wing. This aircraft was lost in an cold catapult shot from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) on 19 June 1966.
Equipment:
AN/APS-19: X-band search and intercept radar;
AN/APS-31C: X-band search and navigational radar;
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