Hobby master 1/72 Air Power Series, HA2809, AD-6 Skyraider USS Forrestal, VA-85 "Black Falcons", 1959.
VA-85 has been assigned to two Navy squadrons but the
first one didn’t last long. The second VA-85 began as 859th Reserve
Squadron on February 1, 1951 equipped with Grumman Avengers. On February 4, 1953 the 859th
became VA-85 which existed until September 1994.
It wasn’t until 1958 that they became known as
the “Black Falcons”. Throughout VA-85s career they flew 2 types of aircraft, three
variants of the Douglas Skyraider and the Grumman A-6 Intruder and all deployments were off the USS
Forrestal.
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