F3H-2 launching from USS Hancock in 1960

USMC AV-8B from VMA-231 launches off the USS Bataan

A-7E Corsair II

So classic!

A F-14A Tomcat from VF-2 is launched from USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) to provide cover for Operation Frequent Wind. 29 April 1975

A-3 Skywarrior taking off from the USS Oriskany

A forgotten Cold War bird. 

A-7E Corsair II attack aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, 1980

F-4 Phantom II aircraft is prepared for launch from a catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY

Attack Squadron 165 (VA-165) KA-6D Intruder aircraft clears the flight deck after being launched from the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)