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20 cze 2024 · Midway returned to Vietnam in 1975 where she participated in Operation Frequent Wind—the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and “at-risk” Vietnamese in wake of the fall of...
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23 cze 2024 · (U.S. Navy) Flight deck crew members try to contain the fire after the crash of F9F-5 Panther Bu. No. 125228, while others rescue Commander Duncan from the forward fuselage, aboard USS Midway (CVB-41), 23 June 1951.
4 dni temu · The U.S. air attacks destroyed a large part of the Khmer Navy and Air Force weakening them for the war with Vietnam over the disputed islands. In mid-June Vietnam attacked Poulo Wai and fought the Khmer Rouge before withdrawing in August and recognising it as Kampuchean territory.
6 dni temu · The USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, is paying a visit this week to Vietnam’s Cam Ranh Bay, the latest sign of the improved relations between the two nations.
3 dni temu · On 15 July 1966 in the Vietnam War during Operation Hastings, two CH-46As of HMM-164 collided at Landing Zone Crow while another, crashed into a tree avoiding the first two, resulting in 2 Marines killed.
8 lip 2024 · U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) and the Coast Guard cutter USCGC Waesche (WMSL-751) pulled into the Vietnamese port of Cam Ranh Bay on Monday, according to the Navy. “During the port visit, Blue Ridge and Waesche leadership will meet with the Vietnam People’s Navy, Vietnam Coast Guard, and Khanh Hoa leadership.
2 dni temu · The infamous tragic fire on FORRESTAL cut short its deployment on 29 July 1967. The calamity happened three days after CORAL SEA stood out to sea in the Pacific bound for WESPAC on her third Vietnam combat deployment. The beginning of the incident is pictured at right.
