1972 Steve Graham VA-176 PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY STEVE GRAHAM, AT2 VA-176 1972 Steve was the founder of the original FDR Website in the 90s ~ Click image to enlarge. A-7 Launched Afterburners are incredibly loud bolter lifts off Brit Bucaneer 1 Brit Bucaneer 2 Brit Bucaneer 3 Brit Bucaneer 4 Bernie Becella at the DIANE test bench Early morning launch Egyptian bomber overflight the bow Calm sea Sea King In port relaxing Ed Radtke in the shop Just before I spent a year aboard Blastoff 1972 Lined up for launch Me working hard in 1972 Port side midships view Mini-Bace – this is what I maintained My home for 1972 Our Destroyer escorts Alert aircraft FDR in Rhodes Harbor FDR in Rhodes Harbor Russian Bear with escort Tailhook catches wire Center horizon Russian Trawler Steel beach at Corfu 1 Steel beach at Corfu 2 F-4 taxies Forward A-7 taxies forward Smokestack Berthing 1 Berthing 2 Underway replenishment (UNREP) 1 Underway replenishment (UNREP) 2 FDR in Red, Indy Yellow, America far left AE Tailcode – CVW-6 View just before landing Launch from port cat Always anchored out A-6 Taxies to Stbd cat. DJ Taylor writing home Flight deck is packed A-6 Intruder Launch A-6 Intruder Kennedy, Saratoga and FDR 20 Feb 1973