PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY STEVE GRAHAM, AT2 VA-176 1972
Steve was the founder of the original FDR Website in the 90s
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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
