Picture of a RA-5C Vigilante catching the third wire on the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk.

A great shot of an RA5C Vigilante catching the 3rd arresting wire on the USS Kitty Hawk in the Tonkin Gulf

When:  January 1968
Where:  Aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)
Location:  On Yankee Station - Tonkin Gulf, North Vietnam
Who:  RVAH-11 Checkertails (NAS Sanford, Florida)

Aircraft:  RA-5C Vigilante

Has he got the third wire? Look closely! All 3 wheels are still
off the deck (for a couple more microseconds if his hook does
have the wire). They're about to feel the THUMP all the way
down in the aft mess decks

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