April–May 1991: VA-65 participated in Operation Provide Comfort, flying close air support sorties over Northern Iraq in support of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's mission to aid the Kurdish refugees in Iraq. On the final cruise, a "final checker" was sucked into an engine inlet, and was caught on the carrier close circuit TV.
April–May 1991: VA-65 participated in Operation Provide Comfort, flying close air support missions over Northern Iraq to aid Kurdish refugees in Iraq. On the final flight, a "final checker" was sucked into an engine inlet and captured on the carrier's closed circuit TV.