- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Vought RF-8G Crusader
- Registration: / AB-622
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- Location: Off-Airport - Mediterranean Sea , International Airspace July, 1978
With the afterburner lit, this VFP-63 RF-8G pilot salutes the catapult officer seconds before being launched from JFK. Photographer was a Navy ROTC midshipman at the time.