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Item Number: 1474VI1993 (Record 274583)

Title:

VA-52 Cruise Movie - January 1, 1972

Language/Translation:

English

# of Media:

Date:

1972

Collection:

Kevin Sailsbury Collection

Media Type:

Moving Image (VHS)

Format:

VHS

Length:

30:00 min/sec

Description:

Cruise movie taken by various aviators from the Attack Squadron Fifty-two (VA-52) assigned to Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in 1972. VA-52 flew the A6-A and A-6B Intruder attack jets and the KA6-D tanker jet. The various voice transmissions and cockpit audio the SAM hit to one of Kitty Hawk's A-7 Corsairs followed by the pilot's ejection from the plane (the pilot was picked up by helicopter and was onboard Kitty Hawk before the rest of the strike group returned). The feature starts with the music recorded by a USAF pilot singing about flying and fighting. Video starts with various views of the 'Hawk' and then proceeds with various activities involving VA-52.

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Citation:

VA-52 Cruise Movie, 1972, Kevin Sailsbury Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 20 Jun. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1474VI1993>.