Keywords: Lt Goodman VA-85 after release at NAS Oceana 1984.JPEG U S Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman from Attack Squadron VA-85 Black Falcons talks with reporters during a press conference following his release from Syrian captors at Naval Air Station Oceana Virginia USA On 4 December 1983 the Grumman A-6E Intruder BuNo 152915 of Lt Mark Lang and Lt Robert Goodman navigator/bombardier was shot down during operations over Syrian-controlled territory in Lebanon The Intruder was part of a 28-plane strike attacking Syrian installations which had attacked U S aircraft the day before Lt Lang died after ejecting from the plane Goodman became the first U S prisoner of war since the Vietnam War and was held for over a month VA-85 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3 CVW-3 aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy CV-67 for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 27 September 1983 to 2 May 1984 http //www defenseimagery mil U S DefenseImagery photo VIRIN http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN DFST8700724 JPGPath /Assets/1986/Navy/DF-ST-87-00720 JPG DN-SN-86-04632/http //liveweb archive org/http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN DNSN8604632 JPGPath /Assets/1986/Navy/DN-SC-89-02796 JPG 1984-01-04 JOC Gary Miller USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States naval aviators Attack Squadron 85 United States Navy Multinational Force in Lebanon People at Naval Air Station Oceana Navigators aircraft |