Coral Sea (CV 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 CO VA - 196 Russel, D. Woodka, TK. '?'hn-.....,.-,,,,,'f ' 1 A wt' V ATTACK SQUADRON ONE NINE SIX Attack Squadron ONE NINE SIX was 1n1t1ally commlssxoned rn july 1948 as Frghter Squadron ONE FIVE THREE a part of Carner Arr Group FIFTEEN Assrgned a total of 16 F8E Bearcats to carry out 1ts frghter role VF 153 was assxgned to USS BOXER In August 1950 VF 155 transltroned to the F4U Corslar Later the same year the squadron was redesrgnated VF 194 and became a part of Carrrer A1r Group NINETEEN In December 1950 VE 194 recelved 1ts f1rst AD 1 attack alrcraft and was dlrected to establlsh an attack trarnrng syllabus VF 194 s f1rst combat some was flown off the USS VALLEY FORGE as a part of Arr Task Group ONE on 11 December 1951 Thrs 1n1t1al partlcrpatron 1n the Korean Confllct lasted untrl 10 une 1952 In March 1953 embarked on USS BOXER VF 194 returned to the Korean War and remarned untrl the cessatron of hostrhtres Followlng the Korean truce VF 194 s experrence and functron were recognrzed by IES redeslgnatlon as Attack Squadron ONE NINE X The ten years from 1955 to 1964 were marked by a change 1n homeports from NAS Alameda to NAS Moffett to NAS Lemoore Thrs perlod of peacetlme operatlons saw VA 196 earn the coveted CNO Av1at1on Safety Award two trmes In Aprll 1965 wh1le the squadron was embarked on the USS BON HOMME RICHARD an escalatron of the Vletnam conflrct brought a sudden change of orders The Bonme D1ck headed west and VA 196 began 1ts f1rst combat crunse rn more than a decade Returnrng ln May 1966 from the 1n1t1al exposure to the Vretnam War VA 196 trans1t1oned to the A6E Intruder In November 1966 VA 196 became the frrst operatlonal A 6 squadron assrgned to the Paclfnc Fleet homeported at NAS Whrdbey Island Washmgton In the enusrng years VA 196 parucrpated extenslvely IH the Vletnamese War maklng two cruxses aboard the USS CONSTFLLATION wrth CVW 14 one crurse wrth the USS RANGER and CVW 2 and 1ts last two combat crurses aboard the USS I-NTERPRISE as part of CVW 14 The squadron s thrrd cruxse aboard USS ENTERPRISE whlch began rn October 1974 was agam to the Western Pacrfrc but th1s tlme under peaceful cond1t1ons except for 1tS part1c1pat1on rn the evacuatlons of Phnon Penh rn March and Sargon 1n Aprll 1975 In Aprll 1977 the squadron once agam recexved new arrcraft the A6E Cams The Mam Battery then sarled to the Western Paclfrc onboard the USS ENTERPRISE for a seven month crulse S1nce return1ng from WESTPAC 78 the Mam Battery has once agam completed a successful tra1n1ng cycle culmlnated by a score of Outstandmg on the Operatlonal Readlness Evaluatlon The squadron deployed aboard USS CORAL SFA rn November 1979 J . . . 7 Y , . u yr ' ' ' T - 4 4 . 7 7 ' Y - ' ' ll ' YI ' 7 - 7 . 4 4 4 . , ' ' . . 7 i y . . l ' . , . J ' 9 1 ' 7 - v 7 ' . 9 I 1 3 ,, . . ,, . . . . 7 l - 1 , . 7 . . . . . - , , , , 4 . 3 - - - - Y . . , . i 9 9 Y - . . , . 1 , 4 ' 7 ' ' 3 4 1 - ' - . , , , . . J 7 7 1 Q 3 7 . ' Y . . I Il ' I! QQ Q ,, . ' ' 7 , 4 . 4 4 4 , - - u n -f - H . ' Y 4 , 7 , ,, . ,, . . . 7 . 4 . ,

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Muir, DJ. Nichelson, G, Rippinger, D. Roed, CJ. Seipel, D. Seward, D.L. Sims, G. Steed, G.W. Thorsen, TL. Tingler, N. Whale, D. johnson, G.A.