File:A-6A Intruder of VA-196 dropping bombs over Vietnam on 21 November 1968 (NNAM.1996.253.7047.009).jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Grumman A-6A Intruder 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 Constellation (CVA-64) for a deployment to Vietnam from 29 May 1968 to 31 January 1969.
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Source U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo NNAM.1996.253.7047.009
Author U.S. Navy

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