The Night the War Began VA-35 remembers the opening strike of Desert Storm
On January 17, 1991, Attack Squadron 35, as part of Carrier Air Wing 17, was embarked aboard USS Saratoga (CV-60) in the Red Sea, having been underway since August 7, 1990, when the carrier departed Naval Station Mayport at the start of Operation Desert Shield. VA-35’s A-6E Intruders launched from the carrier at 1:10 a.m. and headed for key targets near Baghdad. Over the next 43 days and nights, the squadron would fly more than...
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