Vietnam War VMA-311



vma-311 a-4e on south vietnam in 1970


the first a4d-2 skyhawk received tomcats in summer of 1958, initiating 30 years of skyhawk service. in may 1965 squadron, flying a-4es, deployed chu lai air base in republic of vietnam , on june 2, conducted first combat mission of vietnam war. in august 1965, vma-311 supported 7th marine regiment in operation starlite -- first major american operation of war. after 8 years of operations in vietnam tomcats totaled 54,625 combat sorties before leaving in january 1973. among sortie count amazing four-day sortie total of 240 5 8 may 1968 in support of fellow marines during battle of khe sanh. during of time based @ chu lai. squadron flew last marine corps sorties out of chu lai on september 11, 1970. in may 1972 vma-311 once again deployed vietnam mag-12 forward @ bien hoa air base, vietnam. final sortie in-country occur on january 29, 1973, day before drop last ordnance marine a-4 skyhawk during war. vma-311 fly 54,625 combat sorties during time supporting operations in vietnam, laos , cambodia.








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