USS Ranger (CVA-61) launches A-7A Corsair II of VA-147 in the Gulf of Tonkin, in January 1968 (USN 1130916)

A bomb-laden U.S. Navy Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II (BuNo 153241) from Attack Squadron 147 (VA-147) "Argonauts" is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) from one of her waist catapults, during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, in January 1968. VA-147 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the Ranger for a deployment to Vietnam from 4 November 1967 to 25 May 1968. This was the first combat deployment of the Corsair II.