History: A Grumman A-6E Intruder from VA-196 and a McDonnell F-4N Phantom II from VMFA-323 are positioned on the launching catapults aboard USS Coral Sea (CV-43). 25 April 1980, the morning after the aborted rescue mission during the Iran Hostage Crisis. [1460 × 916]

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