File:Sea Vixen FAW2 of 893 NAS in flight with RF-8A Crusader of VFP-63 on May 1964.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Vought RF-8A Crusader (BuNo 145643) from Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 63 (VFP-63) Det.B "Eyes of the Fleet" in flight with a Royal Navy De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 from 893 Naval Air Squadron. VFP-63 Det.B was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 14 April to 15 December 1964. 893 NAS was assigned to HMS Victorious (R38). Both carriers took part in a SEATO exercise off the Philippines in May 1964.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) 1964 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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