KA-3B AOA Indicator Lights - a photo on Flickriver

Nose landing gear strut, with landing light and angle--of-attack indicator lights.

These lights and what they indicate to the Landing Signal Officer (LSO) aboard an aircraft carrier have been standardized for many decades. The following description is from an F-14 reference, but it applies to the KA-3B's indicator lights as well:

"A green approach light indicates a high angle-of-attack, slow airspeed; an amber light indicates optimum angle-of-attack; and a red approach light indicates a low angle-of-attack, fast airspeed."*

Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior 147666, c/n 12430
Oakland Aviation Museum
Oakland, California

This aircraft was originally procured as an A3D-2, re-designated to A-3B in 1962. It was later converted to the electronic warfare EKA-3B configuration, and then returned to the KA-3B aerial refueling tanker standard.

A-3 Skywarrior (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-3_Skywarrior

History of U.S. Navy VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP, and VFA Squadrons (U.S. Navy Historical Center):
www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/...

Oakland Air Museum (museum web site):
www.oaklandaviationmuseum.org

*Reference:
www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-gearnose.htm

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