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| rdfs:label | - Attack Squadron 75 (United States Navy)
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| rdfs:comment | - Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75 or ATKRON 75) was an attack squadron of the United States Navy that was active from World War II through the 1990s. Nicknamed the "Sunday Punchers," they were based out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The squadron flew combat missions during World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars and saw its last action during the Gulf War in 1991. They were the first fleet squadron to get the A-6 Intruder and the last unit to fly it in operational service. VA-75 was deactivated as part of the post-Cold War drawdown of forces on February 28, 1997.
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| Unit Name | - Bombing Squadron 18 & Attack Squadron 75
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| Battles | - World War II
- Vietnam War
- Korean War
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Southern Watch
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- * Battle of Leyte Gulf
- * Philippines campaign (1944–45)
- '''Operation Deny Flight
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| abstract | - Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75 or ATKRON 75) was an attack squadron of the United States Navy that was active from World War II through the 1990s. Nicknamed the "Sunday Punchers," they were based out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The squadron flew combat missions during World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars and saw its last action during the Gulf War in 1991. They were the first fleet squadron to get the A-6 Intruder and the last unit to fly it in operational service. VA-75 was deactivated as part of the post-Cold War drawdown of forces on February 28, 1997.
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