#mk-82

Operation Kingfisher (July 16 – Oct 31, 1967) by Linh Yoshimura Via Flickr: Oct 6, 1967 – A US Marines McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II dropping Mk-82 Standard bombs on a Viet Cong position during Operation Kingfisher. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images). Operation Kingfisher (July 16 – Oct 31, 1967) was a search and destroy; To stop entry of the PAVN into Quang Tri Province, conducted by the 3d Marines (HQ, USMC); 3d Battalions, 3d Marines (USMC); 1st, 2d, 3d, Battalions, 9th Marines (USMC); 9th Marines (HQ); 1st, 2d, 3d Battalions, 3d Marines (USMC); 2d and 3d Battalions, 4th Marines (USMC); 1st, 2d, 3d Battalions, 9th Marines (USMC); 3d Battalion, 26th Marines (USMC), in Quang Tri Province, near DMZ.

Operation Linebacker I (May 9 - Oct 23, 1972) by Linh Yoshimura Via Flickr: Vietnam, May-June 1972 – Far from Saigon, facing the coast of North Vietnam, the aircraft carrier "Coral Sea" (CVA-43), ready, after Operation Linebacker I had been ordered by President Nixon, to provide airstrikes and bombing campaigns against North Vietnam and to support ARVN ground troops during Easter Offensive, occured since late March recently. The photo shows US airmen transporting Mk-82 standard bombs to LTV A-7s Corsair II. (Photo Credit Patrice HABANS). Notice, The one on far right carried the symbol of its squadron (VA…) (most likely VA-94) on its tail, meaning ‘Attack Squadron,’ that indicates that these aircrafts are Attack aircrafts, not Fighter aircrafts. Plus, under the folded wing of the one on Left, one can see attach device for external armament, not available on the F-8 Crusader except some Marines versions www.aircraftinformation.info/Images/A-7_06.jpg www.aircraftinformation.info/art_A7.htm Here's an F-8 Crusader en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader

Easter Offensive, 1972 by Linh Yoshimura Via Flickr: 1972 – An LTV A-7 Corsair II of Attack Squadron #22 [VA-22] is ready to launch from the deck of USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), armed with Mk-82 standard bombs. The USS Coral Sea was then operating off the Vietnam Coast to support military operations during Easter Offensive. Notice, the squadron completed six combat deployments during the Vietnam War, where it participated in Operation Pocket Money.