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Image: Lt Goodman VA-85 after release at NAS Oceana 1984

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Description: U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman from Attack Squadron VA-85 Black Falcons talks with reporters during a press conference following his release from Syrian captors at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia (USA). On 4 December 1983, the Grumman A-6E Intruder (BuNo 152915) of Lt. Mark Lang and Lt. Robert Goodman (navigator/bombardier) was shot down during operations over Syrian-controlled territory in Lebanon. The Intruder was part of a 28-plane strike attacking Syrian installations which had attacked U.S. aircraft the day before. Lt. Lang died after ejecting from the plane, Goodman became the first U.S prisoner of war since the Vietnam War and was held for over a month. VA-85 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 27 September 1983 to 2 May 1984.
Title: Lt Goodman VA-85 after release at NAS Oceana 1984
Credit: U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SN-86-04632/[1]
Author: JOC Gary Miller, USN
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