Vought A-7E <i>Corsair II</i> aircraft of attack squadrons VA-15 <i>Valions</i> and VA-87 <i>Golden Warriors</i> of <i>Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6)</i> line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier <i>USS Independence (CV-62)</i> in December 1983. The carrier was operating off the coast of Lebanon in support of the multinational peacekeeping force in Beirut. In October 1983 <i>Independence</i> took part in the invasion of Grenada.
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1983-12-07
US Defense Visual Information System photograph No. DN-SN-84-05241 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DNSN8405241&amp;JPGPath=/Assets/1986/Navy/DN-SN-84-05241.JPG">[1]</a>