1994年9月30日 · VA-85’s A-6Es conducted a follow-up attack with Rockeye bombs on a Libyan Combattante II G-class fast attack missile craft that had been hit by a Harpoon missile fired by a VA-34 aircraft. The attack resulted in the sinking of the Combattante II.

A6 IN ACTION / VIETNAM | VA-85 USS Kitty Hawk 1967 It was the spring of 1967. Ho Chi Minh’s Pride and Joy, the Thai Nguyen Steel plant, had always been on the US forbidden target list and had never been touched by a bomb.

VA-85's A-6Es conducted a follow-up attack with Rockeye bombs on a Libyan La Combattante II G-class fast attack missile craft that had been hit by a Harpoon missile fired by a VA-34 aircraft. The attack resulted in the sinking of the Combattante II.

VA-85’s A-6Es conducted a follow-up attack with Rockeye bombs on a Libyan Combattante II G-class fast attack missile craft that had been hit by a Harpoon missile fired by a VA-34 aircraft. The attack resulted in the sinking of the Combattante II. VA-85 aircraft also attacked a Nanuchka II class missile corvette with Rockeyes, damaging the corvette.

Deliveries to the first Navy squadron to operate the Intruder, VA-42, began on February 1, 1963, and VA-75, VA-85 and VA-65 were among the Navy units soon trained by VA-42 to fly the A6A. The first Marine Corps unit to become operational on the A-6A was VMA (AW)-242, at NAS Cherry Point in October 1964.

VA-85, 24 Mar 1967, #151587 LCDR John Ellison / LTJG Jim Plowman (both listed KIA in 1980 for admin purposes) Night 4-plane strike on Bac Giang thermal power plant near Kep, aircraft disappeared off E-2

A-6A Intruder 151788 'NH-811' of VA-85 was lost on combat operations on April 27 1966 when hit by small arms fire over the mouth of Song Ca River, North of Vinh, Nghe An Province, North Vietnam and crashed into Gulf of Tonkin. Aircraft was targeting barges.

An A-6 from Squadron VA-85 was attacking barges north of the city of Vinh on April 27, 1966, when it was hit by enemy fire. A bullet struck the pilot, Lieutenant Bill Westerman, causing severe wounds. Bombardier-navigator Lieutenant Brian Westin reached across the cockpit to …

A U.S. Navy Grumman A-6E Intruder from Attack Squadron 85 (VA-85) "Black Falcons" catches the arresting cable as it lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) during exercise North Star '91.

Linage . 1948: VA-859 Established at NAS Niagara Falls NY. 1. February 1951: Recalled to active duty: 4. February 1953: VA-859 was redesignated VA-85