{"product_id":"hobby-master-ra-5c-ha4705","title":"Hobby Master HA4705 1:72 RA-5C Vigilante HA4705","description":"\u003cp class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHobby Master HA4705 1:72 RA-5C Vigilante AJ602\/156624 LCDR Joe Gerber and LT Jomo Thomas, RVAH-6, USS Nimitz, 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe North American A3J Vigilante first flew on August 31, 1958 and was in service until\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr soft=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember 1979. Originally designed as a Mach 2 all-weather bomber; the aircraft eventually had \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea new role of high-speed reconnaissance. In 1962 the Vigilante received new designators, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoriginal A3J-1 became the A-5A, A3J-2 became A-5B while the reconnaissance version A3J-3P \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebecame the RA-5C and first flew June 30, 1962. The Vigilante was the largest and fastest aircraft \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto operate from an aircraft carrier. The RA-5C was heavily used in the Vietnam War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorth American RA-5C 156624 was accepted by the USN in January 1970 and assigned to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReconnaissance Attack Squadron 6 (RVAH-6) “Fleurs” for 1970 and 1971 on a cruise aboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Over the next 7 years the aircraft moved to RVAH-5 “Savage Sons”, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRVAH-9 “Hoot Owls”, RVAH-12 “Speartips” before returning to RVAH-6 as AJ602. RA-5C 156624 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emade its final flight in mid-1978 and now displayed at the National Naval Aviation Museum at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNAS Pensacola, Florida wearing AJ-601 from its last cruise aboard the USS Nimitz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hobby Master","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43007568937187,"sku":"7092","price":249.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/5000\/6243\/products\/hobby-master-ha4705-172-ra-5c-vigilante-ha4705-212217.jpg?v=1738274789","url":"https:\/\/www.mtsaviationmodels.com\/de\/products\/hobby-master-ra-5c-ha4705","provider":"MTS Aviation Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}