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At random: The USS Cusk was only one of four US submarines to ever receive the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation - Gallantry for her service in Vietnam. Cusk, was awarded seven awards during 1965, 1967, 1968, and 1969,The other three boats were the USS Sculpin (SSN-590), the USS Razorback (SS-394), two awards during 1967 and 1969, and the USS Ronquil (SS-396), two awards during 1966-67 and 1968.

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Flapper

Posted 2008-05-11 3:34 PM (#15833)

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Location: Tucson AZ

Subject: Speaking of Libyan MIG shootdowns, as we were ...

... in the Carrier thread, I happened to remember that I'd heard a cockpit audio recording of the Tomcat pilots who were responsible for downing two of them. By the way, this is the '2nd Gulf of Sidra Incident' and the Tomcats were from VF-32 (Swordsmen), embarked on USS John F Kennedy. In the '1st Gulf of Sidra Incident' in 1981, the Tomcats involved were with VF-41 (Black Aces) embarked on USS Nimitz

For anyone asking themselves, 'Is this submarine-related?' the answer is: yes! Both MIGs were turned into '1 dive/0 surface' subs. There are more airplanes at the bottom of the sea than there are submarines in the sky!

Get your Quicktime cockpit audio right here! (And tighten your seatbelt - it's going to be a wild ride!)

Lots more aviation audio clips can be found at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_sound_files.htm

Edited by Flapper 2008-05-11 4:02 PM

Bob Melley

Posted 2008-05-12 11:22 AM (#15854 - in reply to #15833)

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Subject: RE: Speaking of Libyan MIG shootdowns, as we were ...

Flaps:
Thanks for his post........love those 135 degrees off set intercepts, but turned into head on....from the manuevering going on.........sounds like the Migs were under positive air control from land.....which would be standard Russian military training.....fortunately, the USN F-14s ran their own intercepts.....Alfa Mike Foxtrot.....
Tincanman
USN FLAATC Point Loma, CA

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