MAKE A MEME View Large Image YA-5C NAN3-63.jpg One of six North American YA-5C A-5B Vigilante bombers BuNos 149300-149305 As the nuclear deterrent was taken over by the U S Navy's ballistic missile submarines the A-5 nuclear bomber was new but already obsolete by 1963 ...
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Keywords: YA-5C NAN3-63.jpg One of six North American YA-5C A-5B Vigilante bombers BuNos 149300-149305 As the nuclear deterrent was taken over by the U S Navy's ballistic missile submarines the A-5 nuclear bomber was new but already obsolete by 1963 It was decided to convert the aircraft as a reconnaissance platform which was designated RA-5C Many A-5A and all YA-5C were converted as RA-5Cs besides the new ones built U S Navy Naval Aviation News March 1963 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1963/Mar63 pdf 1963 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy North American A-5B Vigilante
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