A U.S. Navy Grumman A-6A <i>Intruder</i> aircraft (BuNo 154147) from Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) "Main Battery" dropping Mk 82 227 kg (500 lbs) bombs during a combat mission over South Vietnam three weeks after U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam on 1 November 1968. VA-196 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Constellation</i> (CVA-64) for a deployment to Vietnam from 29 May 1968 to 31 January 1969.
U.S. Navy
1968-11-21
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