Steve Ginter, 1754 Warfield Cir., Simi Valley, California, 93063 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means electronic, mechanical, or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher. CONTRIBUTORS: Mark Aldrich, Roger Besecker, Scott Bloom, Peter Bowers, Tom Doll, Paul Frieler, Craig Kaston, Harry Gann, Clay Jansson, William T. Larkins, Bob Lawson, Paul Ludwig, Toyokazu Matsuzaki, Peter Merskey, Barry Miller, Stephen Miller, Paul Minert, National Museum of Naval Aviation (NMNA), San Diego Aerospace Museum (SDAM), Doug Olson, David Patch, Lionel Paul, Angelo Romano, Fred Roos, Doug Siegfried (Tailhook Association), Larry Smalley, William Swisher, Jim Sullivan, Tommy Thomason, Larry Webster, and Nick Williams. FRONT COVER: Green trimmed VA-95 AD-7 BuNo 142079. (via Tailhook) BACK COVER: Left-hand column, top-to-bottom: Yellow trimmed VF-54 AD-2 BuNo 122323 in flight. (Paul Minert collection) Orange tailed VA-65 AD-6 BuNo 135322 on CVA-11 in 1961. (Paul Minert collection) Green trimmed VA-85 AD-6 BuNo 137569 at Yuma in December 1959. (Harry Gann) Green trimmed VA-95 AD-7 BuNo 142020 in 1956. (Paul Minert collection) Green trimmed VA-145 A1-H BuNo 135338. (Paul Minert collection) Yellow trimmed VA-152 A-1H BuNo 134518. (Paul Minert collection) Right-hand column, top-to-bottom: Yellow trimmed VF-194 AD-3 BuNo 122753 at Alameda in 1951. (Paul Minert collection) Orange trimmed VA-176 AD-6 BuNo 139614 on CVA-15 in 1956. (Paul Minert collection) VA-35 AD-5 BuNo 132444 in target tug colors on 8 March 1962. (USN) VAQ-33 A-1E BuNo 135188 in February 1967. (Paul Minert collection) VA-215 A-1H BuNo 139770 assigned to CVA-19. (Clay Jansson) VA-115 A-1H in 1966. (Paul Minert collection)