Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!xanth!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!cbnews!leem@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov From: leem@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Lee Mellinger) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Vigilante (was Re: Another 2 Libyan jets) Message-ID: <3421@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 24 Jan 89 02:57:41 GMT References: <3210@cbnews.ATT.COM> <3244@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Lines: 24 Approved: military@att.att.com In article <3244@cbnews.ATT.COM> msf@prandtl.nas.nasa.gov (Michael S. Fischbein) writes: : :Anyway, all the A-5's were converted to carrier based recon planes, called :the RA-5 Vigilante. They are rather large carrier based planes, too. : :This is all based on off the cuff remembrances, so others may have more :or more accurate details. : : mike : I saw a report last year (Av Leak?) that showed the last RA-5 being retired from service. Lee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |Lee F. Mellinger Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA| |4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/393-0516 FTS 977-0516 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |UUCP: {ames!cit-vax,psivax}!elroy!jpl-devvax!leem | |ARPA: jpl-devvax!leem!@cit-vax.ARPA -or- leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- :