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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America () or simply the American War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; South Vietnam was supported by the United
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Operational history RVAH-9 / Cold War.
- 19 July 1974 - 21 January 1975, RVAH-9 embarked aboard for a Mediterranean deployment.
- Budgetary pressures following the end of the Vietnam War force the Department of Defense to again close several stateside air bases, to include NAS Albany, Georgia. In January 1974, RVAH-9 shifts its home station from NAS Albany to NAS Key West, Florida.
- 16 July 1975 - 24 Sep 1975, following less than five months turnaround time at their home station of NAS Key