Keywords: A-4E Skyhawk VA-55 in flight in 1964.jpeg A U S Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk BuNo 150032 of Attack Squadron VA-55 Warhorses pictured in flight with bombs visible on the centerline racks and an AGM-12 Bullpup missile beneath the starboard wing VA-55 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 CVW-5 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga CVA-14 for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 14 April to 15 December 1964 and participated in the first stikes on Vietnam beginning in August 1964 <br> The A-4E 150032 was later shot down by small arms fire over South Vietnam on 30 May 1967 while in service with Marine Attack Squadron 121 The pilot was killed http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16003927 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 4658 1964 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-4E Skyhawk Attack Squadron 55 United States Navy AGM-12 Bullpup |