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| Keywords: F-4B Phantom II VF-96 over Laos c1966.jpeg A U S Navy McDonnell F-4B-8-MC Phantom II BuNo 148433 from Fighter Squadron VF-96 Fighting Falcons in flight over Laos VF-96 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 CVW-9 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVAN-65 for a deployment to Vietnam from 26 October 1965 to 21 June 1966 <br> On 14 December 1964 operations in Laos named Operation Barrel Roll commenced continuing with intermittent breaks until 29 March 1973 The U S Navy Task Force 77 joined USAF 2nd Air Division later 7th Air Force in covert air interdiction of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos The operation became increasingly involved in providing close air support missions for Royal Lao Armed Forces CIA-backed tribal mercenaries and Thai volunteers in a covert ground war in northern and northeastern Laos http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 27134 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7273 018 ca 1966 Capt Robert H Glaves U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4B Phantom II Aerial photographs of F-4 Phantom II in flight Fighter Squadron 96 United States Navy Vietnam War in 1966 Laotian Civil War 1953 “75 | ||||
