Pilot's name below canopy rail: Capt. Bruce Whomsley. "ROUGH" on squadron logo. No idea as to the meaning of that.

The Green Knights of VMA(AW)-121 - normally coded "VK-xx", just returned from a WestPac and Indian Ocean deployment with the USS Ranger (CV-61) and within Carrier Air Wing TWO that lasted from 24 February to 24 August 1989. BuNo 154167 was delivered to the US Navy in 1968. It was transferred to the USMC and later returned to the US Navy. After a storage period at Andrews (MD) from May 1998 it was handed over to the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center (VA) where it is preserved since. 154167 is seen here returning from a mission at El Toro, check those nice airbrakes!

The Green Knights of VMA(AW)-121 - normally coded "VK-xx", just returned from a WestPac and Indian Ocean deployment with the USS Ranger (CV-61) and within Carrier Air Wing TWO that lasted from 24 February to 24 August 1989. This BuNo 157009 was delivered to the US Navy in 1970. It later served the USMC but its whereabouts after late 1989 remain unknown.

The Green Knights of VMA(AW)-121 - normally coded "VK-xx", just returned from a WestPac and Indian Ocean deployment with the USS Ranger (CV-61) and within Carrier Air Wing TWO that lasted from 24 February to 24 August 1989. BuNo 151820 was delivered to the US Navy in 1966. It was transferred to the USMC and later returned to the US Navy. After a storage period at St. Augustine (FL) from 1994 onwards, the aircraft was dumped in the Atlantic Ocean as artificial reef near Ponce de Leon Inlet (FL) in June 1996.

Green Knights A-6E in the static line-up at the 78' Norton show

Armed with blue practice bombs the bossbird of VMFA(AW)-121 'Green Knights' comes in for a hot refuelling stop.

"GREEN KNIGHTS" A-6E turns tight, speed brakes out, for runway 34L. Aircraft now part of an artificial reef.

Photographer A. Watanabe.

Green Knights Intruder in the static line at the 1983 El Toro show