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USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11), also known as The Fighting "I", is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943, Intrepid participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, including the Battle of ...
VA-165 was commissioned on 1 September 1960. In November 1963, the USS Oriskany, with VA-165 embarked, operated in the South China Sea during a crisis in South Vietnam and the coup that overthrew President Diem. The squadron began participation in combat operations over Laos in February 1965. An A-1J Skyraider of VA-165 in 1966.
VA-176 A-1H in 1966 with "MiG-Killer" LTJG W. T. Patton CVW-10 was shifted in 1966 to the USS Intrepid , which was used as an attack carrier for three deployments to Vietnam. During the 1966 deployment two members of the squadron became known by successfully engaging a Vietnam People's Air Force MiG-17 , an unusual instance of propeller-driven ...
The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-5A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-10A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-1OB (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
The Intrepid Four: Newsclip from Amex - the American expatriate in Canada. The Intrepid Four were a group of United States Navy sailors who grew to oppose what they called "the American aggression in Vietnam" and publicly deserted from the USS Intrepid in October 1967 as it docked in Japan during the Vietnam War. [1]
15 May 1966: The squadron flew its first combat mission since March 1945 when it was designated VT- 4 and a member of Carrier Air Group 4. [1] 1967: VA-15 again returned to Southeast Asia on the USS Intrepid; 1968-9: the squadron deployed to the Mediterranean on USS Forrestal after she was restored from the disastrous fire.
The United States, South Vietnam and their other allies in the Vietnam War agreed to a proposal from the VC and North Vietnam for three ceasefires to coincide with holidays. All fighting would halt from 07:00 24 December, until 07:00 on 26 December, as well as from the morning of New Year's Eve until the morning of 2 January 1967.
Carrier Air Group 10 was established on 1 May 1950, but did not see a deployment until 1952 on board the USS Lake Champlain. [1] Although CVG-10 didn't take part in the Korean War, it still did see more deployments in years to come, taking part in nine more deployments before the decade's end, including on board the U.S. Navy's first super carrier, the USS Forrestal during the Lebanon crisis ...