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fox mulder
06-17-2005, 07:27 AM
Attack Squadron 172 In Vietnam

These are videos made from 8mm films taken during the 1966 cruise of the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Tonkin Gulf.


http://www.navyair.com/VA172_in_VietNam_Hi.wmv
241.5 Mb!!!

toad
06-17-2005, 08:46 AM
1966 Blue Bolts cruise.... way cool.

A4's, A3 'skywarriors', F8's and F4's, s1's, sh2's thats wayback stuff... but a really cool to see. That was va-172's first combat Westpac cruise.

Some good footage of cat shots and recovery. I would have hid behind the island when the A3's came in though.