 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Somugumisiro wekugadzirisazve, CAEWW-12, Detachment 59 yakapiwa basa seCarrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123 musi wa 1 April 1967, paNAS Norfolk, Virginia. Zuva rokutanga kushanda raApril 1, 1967, rinoita kuti VAW-123 ive imwe yevakuru veVAW Squadron muUnited States Navy. Muna June 1967 VAW-123 yakaenda kuVietnam, nokudaro ichiva boka rokutanga reVAW kuEast Coast kuenda kuhondo. Musi waJuly 29, 1967, ichishumira muGulf of Tonkin, USS Forrestal yakabatwa nomoto uri mungaravazvinoguma norufu rwavatasvi 134, vakuvara 161, ndege 21 dzakakuvadzwa kana kuparadzwa uye mamirioni amadhora mukukuvadzwa kwechikepe. USS Forrestal yakadzokera kuNorfolk neVAW-123 uye navamwe vashandi vechikepe neAirwing. VAW-123 yakanga isina kurasikirwa kwevashandi kana kuva nevashandi vakakuvadzwa mumoto asi dzimwe dzezvikwata zveE-2A ndege dzaive nekukuvara kuduku kubva pamoto uye kuputika pairi. 