VA-125

Photograph Album


1960: Rough Raiders Skyhawk BuNo 145077 parked on the ramp next to BuNo 145115, NJ-53x.
Unknown Photographer via W. Mutza

1960: left front view of Rough Raiders Skyhawk BuNo 145115, NJ-53x, parked on the ramp next to BuNo 145077, NJ-5xx.
Unknown photographer via W. Mutza

Circa 1961: CAPT H.M. Avery, CO of Lemoore, greets CDR O.L. Dauphin CO of VA-125, in "City of Lemoore" after first jet landing at new NAS.
Naval Aviation News photo

Rough Raiders Skyhawk NJ-562 on the ramp at left. VF-121 Demon BuNo 145254, NJ-140, in the foreground.
John Campbell, G. Verver collection

A-4B BuNo.142140 and possible 142826 with VA-125.

BuNo.145093 and 148490

1960-61: Rough Riders Skyhawk BuNo 147722, NJ-536, seconds from touchdown.
Douglas

1960-61: Rough Raiders Skyhawk BuNo 147673, NJ-538, on the compass wheel.
Douglas

Nov 1962 Skyhawk BuNo 139953 after its last flight to NAS Lemoore for use in ground training. Pilot LT E.S. Fitch turns #115 over to VA-125 CO CDR James A. Porter who 1st flew 139953 in 1957 on its 1st fleet flight.
Naval Aviation News Photo.

BuNo.148490 Rough Raiders Skyhawk formation, BuNo 145093, NJ-541, BuNo 148490, NJ-546 and two other unidentified Scooters.
Courtesy of Tom Bispo.

BuNo.147771 and 144875 and Pilots.
Photo by W.A. Lacy

Aug 1963 BuNo 147673, NJ-538, parked on the flight line.
Photo by Clay Jansson via Tailhook Association.

VA-125 A-4C BuNo. 149505 - 1963/1964.
Lieutenant Ken Holthaus is flying A-4C Skyhawk BuNo. 149505 side number NJ 548 from Naval Air Station Lemoore, California to Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada for Detachment work.
Photograph by and from Whiz White.

1964: Roughraiders Det R Skyhawk BuNo 142874, NS-4, comes free of the arresting gear aboard the USS Kearsarge.
Naval Aviation News photo

BuNo.149660 in 1965.
Photo by W.A. Lacy

1966: Rough Raiders Skyhawk flight line, l-r: BuNo 148435; unknown BuNo; BuNo 150599, NJ-570; BuNo 148527, NJ-554 and BuNo 149961 NJ-515.
Douglas Aircraft

Circa SEP 1966: Douglas A-4 Deputy Mgr. W.E. McKee, VA-125 CO CDR Jack A. Endacott, Douglas Aircraft Div. Dir. R.F. Canady and Douglas Plant Mgr. J.P. Robinson pose by prototype A-4F Skyhawk BuNo 152101.
Naval Aviation News photo


VA-125 FLEET REPLACEMENT PILOTS - 1967.
A group of VA-125 Fleet Replacement Pilots pose around a Skyhawk.
United States Navy photograph from Gary "Buck" Rodgers.


VA-125 Formation
With BuNo. 154329, 149995, 148435 and what appears to be 144875. One of the Scooters doesn't have the last four digits of the BuNo. painted on it's tail. Steve MacMillan received this picture in 1968 from someone in VA-125.
Photo provided by Steve MacMillan.

1968-69: BuNo 152864 sits in the middle of a "flock" of T-Birds.
"Boom" Powell

Instructor LT "Boom" Powell in front of one of the Rough Raiders Skyhawks.
Photo from "Boom".

1971-72: close-up of instructor LT "Boom" Powell in the cockpit of one of the Rough Raiders Skyhawks. His helmet has the green reflective tape from VSF-1 & the dragon and moon on the visor was the emblem of a WWI Nieuport escadrille.
Photo from John Powell.

"Boom" Powell standing on the wing of Rough Raiders Skyhawk BuNo 150074, NJ-504.
Photo from "Boom".

TA-4J BuNo 154329, NJ-027, A-4F NJ-041, A-4E BuNo 149995, NJ-514, A-4C BuNo 148435, NJ-550 and A-4B BuNo 144075, NJ-578 over the Sierras.
Chuck Wolf.

The "Keep 'em Up" guys of VA125 (April 1969).
Back row left to right....Larry Garroute (spelling?), Tom Holton, Gerry LaFrance, Dick Kiehl, Bob Doering, Warren Batze, Mark Pelligrino
Front row: left to right.....Don Robertshaw, Mike Brannon, Bob Kemper, Al Smith, Bill Carnley, Steve MacMillan
Photograph from Steve MacMillan.

Then current A-4 models lined up in the front row. All the A-4's in the photo belong to VA-125. A-4E/F far row with tails to the camera l-r; ??, NJ 504 BuNo 150074, looks like NJ-006, NJ-005, the next four don't have any visible numbers.
Middle row facing left of the camera l-r, ??, ??, A-4C 150599, NJ-554 BuNo 148527, NJ-515 BuNo 149961, A-4E/F NJ-525, NJ-556 BuNo 148438, NJ-537 BuNo 147701, NJ-532 BuNo 147810 and NJ-541 BuNo 145093.
See next photo for front row facing the camera.
Douglas photo from Gary Verver Collection.

FEB 1979: NJ-043 parked on the line next to A-4B BuNo 144913.
Dougalas Photo

Another Zoom-In" showing A-4E BuNo.149961, A-4C BuNo.148527 and A-4C BuNo.150599.

FEB 1979: NJ-517 parked on the line near A-4C BuNo 145093.
Dougalas Photo

FEB 1979: NJ-525 parked on the line next to NJ-556.
Dougalas Photo

FEB 1979: NJ-001 and NJ-002.
Dougalas Photo

FEB 1979: NJ-003 parked on the ramp.
Dougalas Photo

FEB 1979: NJ-010 parked on the ramp next a A-4E.
Dougalas Photo

FEB 1979: NJ-012 parked on the ramp next A-4E BuNo 150074.
Dougalas Photo

FEB 1979: Rough Riders Skyhawk NJ-013 parked on the ramp next Rough Raiders A-4B BuNo NJ-585.
Dougalas Photo


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