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In October 1965, CDR Clarence J. Stoddard, Executive Officer of VA-25 "Fist of the Fleet", flying an A-1H Skyraider, NE/572 "Paper Tiger II" from Carrier Air Wing Two aboard USS Midway carried a special bomb to the North Vietnamese in commemoration of the 6-millionth pound of ordnance dropped. This bomb was unique because of the type... it was a toilet!
AD-4 Skyraider of VA-195 "Dambusters" gets loaded with a special ordnance aboard the USS Princeton (CVA-37) in August 1952. The "special weapon" was a 1,000-lb bomb with a kitchen sink attached. The idea came up when the squadron's executive officer remarked during a meeting with the press -- "We dropped everything on them (North Koreans) but a kitchen sink." So a couple guys in ordinance produced a bomb with a kitchen sink attached. It was dropped on Pyongyang.
On March 21, 1972 a prototype of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, a U.S. Navy plane that eventually will replace the Phantom, visited Oceana and Norfolk Naval Air Stations. Later in the day it will be hoisted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence for initial ship-handling evaluations.
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Canada, Spain, France, West Germany, Netherlands, UK, USAPhoto above: German AF, Czech AF, RAF, USAF, ?, ?
The Javelin was a very big beast!