This T-28B was stored awaiting overhaul at the Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF) at NAS Pensacola, FL. It had previously been assigned to Attack Squadron 122 where it was used as a target range spotting aircraft. VA-122 in 1972 was an A-7 Corsair II training squadron, and used T-28s to assist in weapons training primarily at NAS Fallon, NV.