Image: A-7E VA-72 on USS America (CV-66) Apr 1986
Description: A U.S. Navy flight deck crewman checks an LTV A-7E Corsair II aircraft from attack squadron VA-72 Blue Hawks aboard the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) during flight operations off the coast of Libya on 17 April 1986. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile on the fuselage station, a Mark 20 Rockeye II bomb on the middle wing pylon and an AGM-45 Shrike missile on the outside wing pylon. VA-72 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) aboard the America for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 10 March to 15 September 1986. On 15 April 1986 America´s aircraft participated in "Operation El Dorado Canyon", the bombing of Libya.
Title: A-7E VA-72 on USS America (CV-66) Apr 1986
Credit: U.S. DefenseImagery [1] photo VIRIN: DN-ST-86-10022 [2]
Author: PHAN David Casper, USN
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