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English: A U.S. Navy Douglas EA-1F Skyraider ECM-aircraft (BuNo 135010) of Airborne Early Warning Squadron 13 (VAW-13) Det.M "Zappers" over the Gulf of Tonkin in 1966. VAW-13 Det. M was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) from 26 October 1965 to 21 June 1966. The aircraft carries an APS-31C radar on the starboard wing. An APS-19 radar and two ALT-2 jamming pods are carried under the port wing.

Equipment:
AN/APS-19: X-band search and intercept radar;
AN/APS-31C: X-band search and navigational radar;

AN/ALT-2: X/S/L-band radar noise jamming transmitter.
Date circa 1966
date QS:P,+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy sailor or employee [1] ; marked as "USN" photo in the 2002 Hook Magazine [2] .
Author Paul Selby, U.S. Navy

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