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102nd Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (1968–69) 104th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (1968–69 and 1971) 131st Divisional Locating Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (1966–71) Engineers: [10] 1st Field Squadron (April 1966 – November 1971) 21st Engineer Support Troop (April 1966 – December 1971) Aviation: [5] [12]
The Navy Unit Commendation was awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the United States Navy Coastal Surveillance Force (Task Force 115) which included the administrative staff of Squadron One and Division 11 for service during period 1 January 1967 to 31 March 1968; Division 12, 1 January to 28 February 1967; and Division 13, 1 ...
VFA-161, nicknamed the Chargers, was a Strike Fighter Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established at NAS Cecil Field as Fighter Squadron VF-161 on 1 September 1960. It moved to NAS Miramar on 19 September 1961, and to Naval Station Yokosuka, Japan. On 1 April 1986, the squadron was redesignated VFA-161. [1] It was disestablished on 1 April ...
Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) was a fighter squadron of the United States Navy. Originally established on 14 October 1972 it was disestablished on 30 September 1993. It was the fifth US Navy squadron to be designated VF-1. [2] Known as the "Wolfpack" the squadron saw combat during the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 [a] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was officially fought between North Vietnam , supported by the Soviet Union , China , and other communist allies, and South Vietnam , supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies . [ 2 ]
Supporting 1 RAR was 1 Troop, A Squadron, 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse equipped with M-113 Armoured Personnel Carriers, artillery from 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery and 161st Field Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery, and 161st Reconnaissance Flight operating Cessna 180s and Bell H-13 Sioux light observation ...
The squadron was established on 1 September 1968, as the first squadron in the Navy with a night interdiction mission using new electronic surveillance equipment. Its mission was to interdict logistics moving over land or sea. A detachment of VAH-21 was immediately established at a Navy facility associated with Cam Ranh Air Base, South
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1) is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established on 1 June 1955. Its role is aerial reconnaissance and signals intelligence . The squadron is nicknamed the "World Watchers" and is based at NAS Whidbey Island , flying Lockheed EP-3E Aries II aircraft.