"TIGER'S CLAW"
F-8C Crusader BuNo 146961 #103 / AK
USS INTREPID (CVS-11), CVW-10
Vietnam, September 9th, 1968. LT Athony Nargi
VA-76 "Spirits" Attack Squadron 76
USS FORRESTAL (CVA 59), CVG-1. 1957
VF-123 "The Blue Racers"
USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV 47), ATG-2. 1955
VF-51 "Screaming Eagles"
USS VALLEY FORGE (CV 45), CVG-5
Pilot LTJG LEONARD HOWARD PLOG
3d July 1950 shot down North Korean YAK-9
VF-51 "Screaming Eagles"
USS VALLEY FORGE (CV 45), CVG-5
Pilot LTJG LEONARD HOWARD PLOG
3d July 1950 shot down North Korean YAK-9
Fighter Squadron 162 (VF-162) "The Hunters"
Established on 1 September 1960 . disestablished on 29 January 1971
USS INTREPID (CVA 11), CVG-6 1960-1963 (operating F4D-1)
USS ORISKANY (CVA 34), CVW-16 1963-1969 (operating F-8A & F-8E)
USS TICONDEROGA (CVS 14), CVW-16 1969-1970 (operating F-8J)
USS SHANGRI-LA (CVS 38), CVW-8 1970 (operating F-8H)
FIGHTER SQUADRON 162 (VF-162) "The Hunters"
USS ORISKANY (CVA 34), CVW-16
Vietnam, Oct.9, 1966. Cdr Richard M. Bellinger shot down a MiG-21
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT ONE (VA-81) "Sunliners"
USS Saratoga (CV 60) / Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17)
Operation Prairie Fire, Operations Attain Document I, / II / III
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT THREE (VA-83) "Rampagers”
USS Saratoga (CV 60) / Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17)
ATTACK SQUADRON FOUR SIX (VA-46) "Clansmen"
Operation "EL DORADO CANYON"
USS AMERICA (CV 66), CVW-1. March 1986
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT SEVEN (VA-87) "Golden Warriors"
USS America (CVA 66), CVW-6. 1973
ATTACK SQUADRON EIGHT SIX (VA-86) "Sidewinders"
USS America (CVA 66), CVW-6. 1973