A-4F Skyhawk VA-113 USS Enterprise 1968

Attack Squadron 113 flying the A-4F Skyhawk embarked in USS Enterprise CVA 65, WestPac/Vietnam cruise from 3 January 1968 through 18 July 1968. While embarked in USS Enterprise CVAN 65, and enroute to Yankee Station, the carrier was ordered to the Sea of Japan for operations following the seizure of the Pueblo (AGER 2) by the North Koreans.

Refinement of A-4E, the A-4F included extra avionics housed in a hump on the fuselage spine (this feature later retrofitted to A-4Es and some A-4Cs), wing-top spoilers to reduce landing roll out, nose wheel steering, and more powerful J52-P-8A engine with 9,300 lbf (41 kN) of thrust, later upgraded in service to J52-P-408 with 11,200 lbf (50 kN), 147 built. Some served with Blue Angels acrobatic team from 1973 to 1986.