VA-75 "Intruders in Hot": Artwork depicting VA-75 during operations to reduce the Brownsville Pocket, September-October, 1989:
Did they had Destroyer Escorts before the Carrier was toast by Submarines and Backfires.Working up: CVW-15 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)in the SoCal OpArea prior to a NorPac deployment in 1986 (this was a year before she was declared CTL after a Backfire and sub attack).. View attachment 823876
Was this done already? Maybe I am misremembering. Sorry if it that is the case.Rangers Lead the Way!
A CH-47D recovers a captured Mi-24 Hind found in West Texas, 1988:
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