Keywords: A-7E VA-72 on USS America (CV-66) Apr 1986.JPEG en A U S Navy flight deck crewman checks an LTV A-7E Corsair II aircraft from attack squadron VA-72 Blue Hawks aboard the aircraft carrier USS America CV-66 during flight operations off the coast of Libya on 17 April 1986 The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile on the fuselage station a Mark 20 Rockeye II bomb on the middle wing pylon and an AGM-45 Shrike missile on the outside wing pylon VA-72 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 CVW-1 aboard the America for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 10 March to 15 September 1986 On 15 April 1986 America´s aircraft participated in Operation El Dorado Canyon the bombing of Libya U S DefenseImagery http //www defenseimagery mil photo VIRIN DN-ST-86-10022 http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN DNST8610022 JPGPath /Assets/1986/Navy/DN-ST-86-10022 JPG 1986-04-17 PHAN David Casper USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-7E Corsair II Attack Squadron 72 United States Navy Operation El Dorado Canyon Aboard USS America CV-66 AIM-9 Sidewinder AGM-45 Shrike CBU Mark 20 |