Image: Aircraft on USS America (CV-66) during attacks on Libya 1986
Description: U.S. Navy aircraft are launched from the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) during "Operation El Dorado Canyon" on 15 April 1986. Visble are (front to back): A Grumman F-14A Tomcat from Fighter Squadron VF-102 Diamondbacks, a LTV A-7E Corsair II from Attack Squadron VA-46 Clansmen armed with AGM-88 HARM missiles, and a Grumman EA-6B Prowler from Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron VMAQ-2 Det.Y Playboys. All squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) aboard the America for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 10 March to 14 September 1986.
Title: Aircraft on USS America (CV-66) during attacks on Libya 1986
Credit: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.210.016
Author: U.S. Navy - PH2 Robert Gunther Kutzer, III
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