Keywords: USS America (CV-66) entering Suez Canal in 1981.JPEG An overhead view of U S Navy aircraft and crewmen on the forward flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS America CV-66 as the ship heads south through the Suez Canal in 1981 The America was the first U S Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route up to that date The carrier with assigned Carrier Air Wing 11 CVW-11 was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean from 14 April to 12 November 1981 In the foreground ar LTV A-7E Corsair IIs from Attack Squadron VA-192 Golden Dragons http //www defenseimagery mil U S DefenseImagery photo VIRIN http //www defenseimagery mil/imagery html guid 4c0c72b8d9571a4f303572a762a527ba69132efc DN-ST-82-01721 1981-05-06 PH1 Jim Preston USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS America CV-66 US Navy in the Suez Canal 1981 |