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VF-83 F6F-5s on USS Essex, 20 May 1945. VF-83 formed part of Carrier Air Group 83 (CVG-83) assigned to the USS Essex.CVG-83 was in action in the Pacific theatre from 10 March to 15 September 1945 participating in raids on Kyushu, supporting the invasion of Okinawa, the discovery and sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato and other air strikes against the Japanese home islands.
Air Group 83 (Cmdr. Harmon Tischer Utter), 102 aircraft VF-83: 36 F6F Hellcat fighters VBF-83: 36 F4U Corsair fighters VB-83: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers VT-83: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Bunker Hill (Capt. G.A Seitz) Air Group 84 (Cmdr. G.M. Ottinger), 93 aircraft VF-84: 27 F4U Corsair fighters, 10 F6F Hellcat fighters
English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-5 Panther of Fighter Squadron 83 (VF-83) "Roaring Bulls" about to be launched from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). VF-83 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Eight (CVG-8) aboard the Coral Sea for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 26 April to 21 October 1953.
Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million, and 92 years later, it became the 49th state. ... These vintage photos show what Alaska looked like before it became part of the ...
A McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle, 80-0002, of the 3d Wing, stationed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, accidentally fired an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile at F-15C, 81-0054. The damaged aircraft was able to make an emergency landing; it was subsequently repaired and returned to service, [ 17 ] finally retired to AMARG , 8 September 2009. [ 18 ]
Aircraft carriers were involved in many attacks and support activities in addition to the better known major carrier battles. The more complete list below includes battles, invasions, and raids and names the specific carriers involved.
On 4 February 1953, the squadron was redesignated Fighter Squadron Eighty Three (VF-83). In the same year VF-83 made a deployment aboard USS Coral Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. In August 1954, VF-83 transitioned to the F7U-3M Cutlass equipped with the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile, and on 1 July 1955 was re-designated as attack squadron VA-83.
FleetEx 83 was a naval exercise that took place between March 29 and April 17 of 1983 in the northern Pacific Ocean near the Aleutian Islands. Three carrier battle groups participated in the exercise, consisting of the carriers Enterprise , Midway , and Coral Sea and their respective escort ships.