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Viking1066 said:
VU-1 F6F-5K Hellcat BuNo 78942, UA-15, and AD-5 Skyraider BuNo 132655, UA-4, used for towing targets in-flight over NAS Barbers Point, 17 September 1959 FLIK
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I have a colour photo of UA4 and some more Skyraiders from VU-1:

I might be wrong but IMHO those planes are drone directors, not target tows. Thus the long range tanks. There is a camera-pod attached to the tip of the F6F wing. Pods like this one have been used on drones, some of them maned.
 
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