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The forgotten, incredible story of the only time the two-seat TA-4F Skyhawk went combat from a carrier flightdeck
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The forgotten, incredible story of the only time the two-seat TA-4F Skyhawk went to combat from a carrier flightdeck

By 
Dario Leone
Jul 26 2023
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