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VMA (aw) 242 first arrived
in the Republic of Vietnam as an A6 Intruder squadron in
November 1966. From November of 1966 to February of 1967
the squadron flew three types of missions: TPQ's, close
air support and Special Forces Camp support. During
February of 1967, VMA (aw) 242 began flying missions in
Route Package One area of North Vietnam. In May, these
missions were expanded to include the Rolling Thunder
areas which consisted of Route Packages Two, Three and
Four. The A6's went further into North Vietnam in June
of 1967 when the Deep Rolling Thunder missions began in
the Route Package Five and Six area. During January of
1968 the "242" A6's expanded their operations
to include interdiction missions in the Steel Tiger area
of Laos.
VMA (aw) 242 remained based at Da
Nang until 8 September 1970 when it was redeployed to the United
States. 242 had completed what would be the longest tour of the
war zone for an A6A squadron. That amounts to 58 months of
continuous combat operations. The last combat mission was flown
on 27 August 1970 . The total number of combat sorties flown in
Indochina by the squadron was 16,783.
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