'Thunderbolts'
by John Schneider
Title
'Thunderbolts'
Artist
John Schneider
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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File# 0930 Tail Grumman A6E Intruder, VA-176 "Thunderbolts" taken 2012.06.13 at Empire State Aerosciences Museum.
U.S. Navy Squadron VA-176 was a United States Navy carrier based medium attack squadron that saw service in the Vietnam War and later in 1983 in both Grenada and Lebanon.
VA-176 was established on 4 June 1955 with the Douglas AD-6 Skyraider and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.
In 1966 aboard the USS Intrepid which was used as an attack carrier for three deployments to Vietnam. During the 1966 deployment two members of the squadron successfully engaged a Vietnam People's Air Force MiG-17, an unusual instance of propeller-driven aircraft (A-1H Skyraider) by Naval Aviator LTJG W.T. Patton defeating a jet-powered adversary.
The squadron was converted to the Grumman A-6A Intruder in 1970. Flying the Intruder, VA-176 made eighteen deployments to the Mediterranean Sea, three of which also led to the Indian Ocean. The squadron earned three consecutive Battle "E" awards, for the years 1988-1991. The squadron was decommissioned from active service on 30 October 1992.
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