On board the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) while anchored in the Mediterranean. The photographer is on the top of the port side of the island superstructure looking forward and to port showing numerous aircraft on the flight deck. These include eleven Douglas A-4C Skyhawks of VA 34 and VA 36 on the port side forward, the Piasecki HUP Retriever helicopter 147619, coded 40, of HU-2 Squadron, the Grumman E-1B Tracer AEW aircraft coded 726 of VAW 12, two Douglas A-1H Skyraiders of VA 35 and a Douglas A-3B Skywarrior coded 506 of VAH 9 Squadron.