Keywords: Preflight check on aircraft aboard USS Ranger (CVA-61) in January 1968.jpg U S Navy pilots from Attack Squadron 165 VA-165 Boomers conduct preflight inspections of Mk 82 Snakeye ordnance on their Grumman A-6A Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger CVA-61 prior to launching a strike mission over North Vietnam On 26 January 1968 Ranger was directed to steam from Vietnamese waters to the Sea of Japan and take station following North Korea's catpure of the intelligence gathering ship USS Pueblo AGER-2 three days earlier <br> VA-165 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 CVW-2 aboard the Ranger for a deployment to Vietnam from 4 November 1967 to 25 May 1968 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 2463 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7043 002 1968-01 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-6A Intruder Attack Squadron 165 United States Navy Mark 82 Snakeye Aboard USS Ranger CV-61 Vietnam War in 1968 |