Curtiss SB2C-5 83589 Attack Squadron VA-728 NAS Glenview N Scale 84030 was used to evaluate

84030 was used to evaluate systems and equipment in support of the Navy's patrol and anti-submarine mission development during the early postwar period

The CIA's Air Branch — operating through proprietary airlines and front organizations — made extensive use of STOL aircraft like the Helio Courier family throughout Southeast Asia

and light aircraft

six-gun wing that would become one of the defining features of the production D-model

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Curtiss SB2C-5 83589 Attack Squadron VA-728 NAS Glenview N Scale 84030 was used to evaluateThese are 1 72 scale decals for Curtiss SB2C 5 Helldiver 83589, assigned to Attack Squadron VA 728 at Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois, wearing overall Gloss Sea Blue (ANA 623). By the late 1940s and early 1950s, the SB2C Helldiver had been retired from front line Navy service, but it soldiered on in the Naval Air Reserve equipping reserve attack squadrons like VA 728 that kept experienced aviators current and maintained a pool of trained naval