VA-153 (U.S. Navy)
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VA-153 was an Attack Squadron of the United States Navy. During a 1949 reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve, a Fighter Squadron at NAS New York was redesignated Fighter Squadron VF-831. It was call
VF-831 F9F-2 on USS Antietam c.1951
VA-153 A-4Es launching from USS Coral Sea in 1967
LTV A-7B Corsair II of VA-153 at NAS Cecil Field Florida after service aboard the U.S.S. F.D.Roosevelt in 1976. The aircraft wears bicentennial markings
Operation Rolling Thunder
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Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against North Vietnam fr
VA-153 (U.S. Navy)
…Cong attack on the American advisors compound at Pleiku and the American billet in Qui Nhon, South Vietnam. March 1965: The squadron participated in Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing of military targets in North Vietnam. 13 August 1965: The squadron's commanding officer, Commander H. E. Thomas, was killed in action over…
Republic F-105D fighter-bombers of the United States Air Force drop 750 pound bombs over Vietnam during Operation Rolling Thunder
F-105Ds refueling en route to North Vietnam in 1965
A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attacking a train in North Vietnam with a Zuni rocket
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