Keywords: Aircraft on USS America (CV-66) during attacks on Libya 1986.jpeg U S Navy aircraft are launched from the aircraft carrier USS America CV-66 during Operation El Dorado Canyon on 15 April 1986 Visble are front to back A Grumman F-14A Tomcat from Fighter Squadron VF-102 Diamondbacks a LTV A-7E Corsair II from Attack Squadron VA-46 Clansmen armed with AGM-88 HARM missiles and a Grumman EA-6B Prowler from Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron VMAQ-2 Det Y Playboys All squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 CVW-1 aboard the America for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 10 March to 14 September 1986 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 29074 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 488 210 016 1986-04-15 U S Navy - PH2 Robert Gunther Kutzer III PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14A Tomcat on flight decks A-7E Corsair II Grumman EA-6 Prowler Fighter Squadron 102 United States Navy Attack Squadron 46 United States Navy Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 Aboard USS America CV-66 Operation El Dorado Canyon |