Vigilante / Intruder / Skyhawk green cammo

[fougamagister 24]

I think this is the first time I see THIS and THIS kind of cammo applied on those aircrafts. What about you ?

[mppd 16]

I believe that two carriers off the coast of Vietnam tried camo in 1966 combat cruises. The net results were that the planes were hard to fly formation with, and deck handling was more difficult at night - it was scrapped. Seen on RA-5C, F-4B/G, A-4 and A-6A that I know of.

 

Mike D.

[column5 63]

The camo planes were also lost to enemy fire at a higher rate than the grey planes, though the sample size is too small to say for certain whether color was really a factor.