File:Douglas AD Skyraiders parked at Indian Springs Air Force Base in 1955.jpg

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Operation Teapot. Three U.S. Navy Douglas AD Skyraider carrier attack bombers attached to the U.S. Naval Air Special Weapons Facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (USA), are shown squeezed into the parking ramp at Indian Springs Air Force Base, Nevada (USA), in 1955. Most of the aircraft, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, required to support the atomic tests during Operation Teapot, were based at Indian Springs. CDR John E. Tefft, USN, was the officer in charge of the Navy Detachment at Indian Springs.

The Skyraider in front appears to be AD-4B BuNo 132255, the second Skyraider is an AD-6, the third is an AD-5. The aircraft are painted anti-flash white.
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This image is available from the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office Photo Library under number TEA-MISC-55-28.

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