 October 1965 brought the squadron back to the Western Pacific for a combat deployment aboard USS "Kitty Hawk".The squadron flew numerous missions into North Vietnam against enemy lines of communications, as well as close air support in South Vietnam.In December 1965 during the squadron’s first line-period on Yankee Station, they participated in three major strikes against important North Vietnamese targets, including the Haiphong Bridge, Uong Bi Thermal Power Plant and the Hải Dương Bridge.