US Navy CARRIER AIR WING FIVE CVW-5 Vietnam War Patch

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US Navy CARRIER AIR WING FIVE CVW-5 Vietnam War Patch:
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This USNmachine-embroidered patch measures3.75\" by 3.75\" by 3.75\", usedcondition. Domestic shipping includes tracking information.

In 1964, CVW-5 was called to action in the Gulf of Tonkin for a total of eight combat cruises.

On 5 December 1965, a Broken Arrow incident occurred aboard the USSTiconderoga, upon which CVW-5 was embarked. A Douglas A-4E Skyhawk attack aircraft of VA-65 carrying a nuclear weapon fell into the sea. On the 31st day after departing Subic Bay, the attack jet fell over the side during a training exercise while being rolled from the number 2 hangar bay to the number 2 elevator. The pilot, Lieutenant (junior grade) Douglas M. Webster, the aircraft, A-4E BuNo 151022, (a re-designated A4D-5), of VA-56 Champions, and the B43 nuclear bomb were never recovered from the 16,000ft (4,900m) depth.[7] The accident occurred 80 miles (130km) from Okinawa.

In 1973, CVW-5 embarked on USSMidway(CVA-41) to become part of the first carrier/air wing team permanently forward deployed, to Yokosuka, Japan. The wing completed 111 continuous days on station in the North Arabian Sea in 1984, which the wing\'s official site describes as \'guarding the Straits of Hormuz and guaranteeing the continued flow of vital oil to Japan and Western Europe.

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