A-1H (AD-6) Skyraider VA-65 CVAN 65 1962

VA-65 The World Famous Fighting Tigers embarked with sister squadrons from CVG-6 on USS Enterprise during her first official cruise to the Mediterranean, August 3–October 11, 1962, during which all aircraft were identified by the AF tail code. The Enterprise got home to Norfolk in early October 1962, and the air group went ashore, only to be recalled shortly for what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Enterprise and other ships in the Second Fleet set up quarantine of all military equipment under shipment to communist Cuba. The blockade was put in place on October 24, and the first Soviet ship was stopped the next day. On October 28, Soviet leader Krushchev agreed to dismantle nuclear missiles and bases in Cuba, concluding the Cuban Missile Crisis, the closest the U.S. and USSR have ever come to nuclear war. The air group was recoded AE following this deployment late 62 or early 63. It was renamed Air Wing Six (CVW-6) in 1964.