 The total flight time was 10.9 hours and the aircraft arrived at NAS Whidbey Island on 15 March.On 13 Mar 1962 during exercise Potshot, squadron A3Ds were launched from USS Midway carrying Marine Corps paratroopers who were dropped on a target site at Camp Pendleton.During the Vietnam War VAH-2 was deployed on the following aircraft carriers operating on Yankee and Dixie Stations