USS AMERICA CV 66 |
Date |
Squadrons |
Battle Group |
Area of operations |
Operations/ Exercises |
Ports of call |
November 30, 1965 - July 10, 1966 |
VF-102 |
Mediterranean |
Fairgame IV |
Livorno, Italy Cannes, France Genoa, Italy Toulon, Fance Athens, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Beirut, Lebanon Valletta, Malta Taranto, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Pollensa Bay, Spain |
|
January 10, 1967 - September 20, 1967 |
VF-102 |
DDG 23 |
Mediterranean |
Poker Hand IV Dawn Clear |
Athens, Greece Valletta, Malta Taranto, Italy Livorno, Italy Istanbul, Turkey Thessaloniki, Greece Naples, Italy Genoa, Italy Valensia, Spain |
April 10, 1968 - December 16, 1968 |
VF-102 |
World cruise Vietnam |
New Boy |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong Yokosuka, Japan Australia New Zeland |
|
April 10, 1970 - December 21, 1970 |
VF-92 |
Western Pacific |
Blue Sky Commando Tiger Autumn Flower |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Subic Bay, Philippines Sydney, Australia |
|
July 6, 1971 - December 16, 1971 |
VF-101 Det.66 |
Mediterranean |
PHIBLEX 2-71 National Week X Deep Furrow 71 National Week XI Ile D'Or |
Rota, Spain Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Corfu, Greece Athens, Greece Rhodes, Greece Thessaloniki, Greece Cannes, France Barselona, Spain |
|
June 5, 1972 - March 24, 1973 |
VF-74 |
Western Pacific Vietnam |
Linebacker I |
Subic Bay, Philippines Singapore Hong Kong |
|
January 3, 1974 - August 3, 1974 |
VF-143 |
Mediterranean |
National Week XVI
PHIBLEX 9-74
Dawn Patrol
Shahbaz
Flaming Lance
|
Rota, Spain Toulon, France Barcelona, Spain Valensia, Spain Souda Bay, Greece Athens, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Rhodes, Greece Corfu, Greece Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
|
September 6, 1974 - October 12, 1974 |
VF-143 |
Northern Atlantic |
Northern Merger |
Portsmouth, England |
|
April 15, 1976 - October 25, 1976 |
VF-143 |
Mediterranean |
Open Gate
Fluid Drive
National Week XXI
Poop Deck 76
Display Determination
|
Rota, Spain Rhodes, Greece Taranto, Italy Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Barcelona, Spain Malaga, spain |
|
September 29, 1977 - April 25, 1978 |
VF-143 |
Mediterannean |
National Week |
Rota, Spain Brindisi, Italy Souda Bay, Greece Kithira Island, Greece Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Trieste, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Genoa, Italy Golfo di Palma, Italy Catania, Italy Barcelona, Spain |
|
March 13, 1979 - September 22, 1979 |
VF-114 |
Mediterranean |
National Week XXVII
|
Rota, Spain Naples, Italy Taranto, Italy Catania, Italy Split, Yugoslavia Venice, Italy Trieste, Italy Alexandria, Egypt Souda Bay, Greece Palma de Mallorca, Spain Barcelona, Spain Marseilles, France Genoa, Italy Valencia, Spain |
|
April 14, 1981 - November 12, 1981 |
VF-114 |
CGN 36 DLG 46 |
Mediterranean |
Daily Double Weapons Week |
Palma de Mallorca, Spain Port Said, Egypt Singapore Karachi, Pakistan Fremantle, Australia |
August 22, 1982 - November 4, 1982 |
VF-102 |
Northern Atlantic |
United Effort Northern Wedding '82 Display Determination |
Edinburgh, Scotland Portsmouth, England |
|
December 8, 1982 - June 2, 1983 |
VF-102 |
DLG 19 AOR 4 |
Mediterranean |
Beacon Flash 83 Weapons Week Beacon Flash 83-4 Beacon Flash 83-5 |
Palma de Mallorca, Spain Pireaus, Greece Athens, Greece Port Said, Egypt Colombo, Sri Lanka Masirah Island, Oman Mombasa, Kenya Souda Bay, Greece Malaga, Spain |
April 24, 1984 - November 14, 1984 |
VF-102 |
Caribbean |
Ocean Venture Display Determination |
Caracas, Venezuela Malaga, Spain Port Said, Egypt Naples, Italy |
|
March 10, 1986 - September 10, 1986 |
VF-102 |
DD 969 |
Mediterranean |
Attain Document III |
Augusta Bay, Italy Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Catania, Italy Rota, Spain |
May 11, 1989 - November 10, 1989 |
VF-102 |
CG 19 CG 53 DDG 4 DD 974 FF 1078 |
Mediterranean |
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December 28, 1990 - April 11, 1991 |
VF-102 |
CG 60 |
Mediterranean |
Desert Shield Desert Storm |
Hurghada, Egypt |
December 2, 1991 - June 6, 1992 |
VF-102 |
FFG 56 |
Mediterranean |
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August 11, 1993 - February 5, 1994 |
VF-102 |
CG 60 FFG 56 SSN 757 AOR 4 |
Mediterranean Arabian Gulf |
Deny Flight |
|
August 28, 1995 - February 24, 1996 |
VF-102 |
CG 60 CG 61 DDG 995 SSN 723 AE 27 |
Mediterranean Arabian Gulf |
Deny Flight Deliberate Force |
Trieste, Italy Valletta, Malta |