in 1969 rocket in Vietnam c.1969 In September 1968
VS-41 began training personnel scheduled for assignment to VAL-4, receiving their first
OV-10A Broncos the following month. On 3 January 1969 VAL-4 was established with the mission of conducting surveillance and offensive operations in support of river patrol craft, as well as providing air support for
SEALS and combined U.S. Army, Navy and South Vietnamese operations, complementing the operations of
HA(L)-3. From April–May 1970 VAL-4 participated in combined South Vietnamese and U.S. Riverine Force operations designed to neutralize sanctuary bases in the Mekong delta in support of the
Cambodian Campaign. On 1 July 1970 Detachment B was disestablished and all operations were concentrated at Binh Thuy. In February 1971 VAL-4 with HA(L)-3 provided air support for
Republic of Vietnam Navy supply convoys up the Mekong river to
Phnom Penh. On 31 March 1972 the squadron conducted its last combat mission prior to its disestablishment on 10 April 1972. ==Home port assignments==