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The squadron was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-74 in 1945, redesignated as VA-2B in 1946, as VA-25 on 1 September 1948, and finally redesignated VA-65 on 1 July 1959. It was disestablished in 1993. Known as "The World Famous Fighting Tigers", VA-65 was one of the last medium attack squadrons to fly the A-6 Intruder and the A-1 Skyraider.
English: A U.S. Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 139700) of Attack Squadron 115 (VA-115) "Arabs" in flight over the Gulf of Tonkin. VA-115 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966. This ...
The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone is an American twin-row, supercharged, air-cooled, radial aircraft engine with 18 cylinders displacing nearly 3,350 cubic inches (54.9 L). ). Power ranged from 2,200 to 3,700 hp (1,640 to 2,760 kW), depending on mo
English: A U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E (s/n 52-135206) from the 1st Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing, in flight, circa in the late 1960s. This aircraft was a former U.S. Navy EA-1E (before 1962: AD-5W) radar warning aircraft (BuNo 135206) that was converted to an attack plane.
The Douglas F4D Skyray (later redesignated F-6 Skyray) is an American carrier-based supersonic fighter/interceptor designed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company.It was the first naval fighter to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and the last fighter produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company prior to its merger with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas.
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018.
The Battle of A Shau (Vietnamese: trận A Sầu) was waged in early 1966 during the Vietnam War between the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the forces of the United States and South Vietnam. The battle began on March 9 and lasted until March 10 with the fall of the U.S. Army's Special Forces camp of the same name.
A VA-25 Skyraider armed for a mission over Vietnam, 1966/67 In January 1968, squadron aircraft provided close air support for U.S. Marines besieged at Khe Sanh , South Vietnam. In October 1968, the squadron, by then the last tactical propeller driven squadron in the Navy, transitioned from the A-1 to the A-7 Corsair II .