Two Grumman A-6A <i>Intruder</i> attack aircraft (BuNo. 151789 and 151798) of attack squadron VA-85 <i>Black Falcons</i> in flight over the South China Sea with their tailhooks extended for recovery aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS <i>Kitty Hawk</i> (CVA-63) in January 1966. VA-85 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11). VA-85 lost eight <i>Intruder</i>s (six in combat, two operational losses) during the deployment from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966. 151798 was shot down by automatic weapons fire while in a night attack on the Tan Loc Barracks, North Vietnam, on 21 April 1966 (18º49’N, 105º4’E). Both crew (Cdr. Jack E. Keller, and LCdr. Ellis E. Austin) were killed.
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1966-01
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