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Deployments of USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER:

Note:
During deployments a VRC (Fleet Tactical Support Squadron) detachment provides carrier-on-board delivery and is embarked aboard the carrier but is no real part of the Air Wing. Currently, these planes are from VRC-30 (west coast) or VRC-40 (east coast). These detachments are not listed below.

Date of Departure	Date of Return	Cruise Book	CVW	Squadrons (Aircraft)	Tail code	Area of Operations	Battle Group	Operations/Exercises	Ports of Call
January 16, 1979	July 13, 1979		7	VF-143 (F-14A) VF-142 (F-14A) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-12 (A-7E) VA-65 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAQ-138 (EA-6B) VAW-121 (E-2C) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Mediterranean	USS South Carolina (CGN 37) USS Virginia (CGN 38)		Naples, Italy Athens, Greece Haifa, Israel Lisbon, Portugal
April 15, 1980	December 22, 1980		7	VF-142 (F-14A) VF-143 (F-14A) VA-12 (A-7E) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-65 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-138 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H) HM-14 (RH-53D)	AG	Mediterranean Indian Ocean	USS South Carolina (CGN 37) USS Virginia (CGN 38)	Exercise Beacon Compass	Singapore Diego Garcia
August 20, 1981	October 7, 1981		7	VF-142 (F-14A) VF-143 (F-14A) VA-12 (A-7E) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-65 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Northern Atlantic		Exercise Ocean Venture Exercise Magic Sword Exercise Ocean Safari	Lisbon, Portugal
January 5, 1982	July 13, 1982		7	VF-142 (F-14A) VF-143 (F-14A) VA-12 (A-7E) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-65 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Mediterranean	USS South Carolina (CGN 37) USS Virginia (CGN 38)		Tangier, Morocco Naples, Italy Monaco Palma de Mallorca, Spain Athens, Greece Haifa, Israel Alexandria, Egypt
April 27, 1983	December 2, 1983		7	VF-142 (F-14A) VF-143 (F-14A) VA-12 (A-7E) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-65 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Mediterranean	USS Virginia (CGN 38) USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968)		Taranto, Italy Naples, Italy Rota, Spain Athens, Greece Livorno, Italy
May 8, 1984	June 20, 1984		7	VF-142 (F-14A) VF-143 (F-14A) VA-12 (A-7E) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-65 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Caribbean Northern Atlantic			Lisbon, Portugal Portsmouth, UK Brest, France
October 10, 1984	May 8, 1985		7	VF-142 (F-14A) VF-143 (F-14A) VA-12 (A-7E) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-65 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Mediterranean	USS Spruance (DD 963) USS Sampson (DDG 10) USS Coontz (DDG 40)		Athens, Greece Haifa, Israel Naples, Italy Toulon, France Palma de Mallorca, Spain
July 8, 1985	August 22, 1985		7	VF-142 (F-14A) VF-143 (F-14A) VA-12 (A-7E) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-65 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Caribbean
February 29, 1988	August 29, 1988		7	VF-142 (F-14A) VF-143 (F-14A) VA-46 (A-7E) VA-72 (A-7E) VA-34 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3A) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Mediterranean	USS Stump (DD 978)		Cannes, France
March 8, 1990	September 12, 1990		7	VF-142 (F-14B) VF-143 (F-14B) VFA-136 (F/A-18A) VFA-131 (F/A-18A) VA-34 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3B) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Mediterranean Red Sea	USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) USS Peterson (DD 969) USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)	Operation Desert Shield	Cannes, France Toulon, France Haifa, Israel Naples, Italy Monaco Marseilles, France
September 26, 1991	April 2, 1992		7	VF-142 (F-14B) VF-143 (F-14B) VFA-136 (F/A-18C) VFA-131 (F/A-18C) VA-34 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-121 (E-2C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VS-31 (S-3B) HS-5 (SH-3H)	AG	Mediterranean Arabian Gulf	USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)
September 14, 1994	September (?) 1994		US Army 10th Mountain Division (approx. 2000 soldiers and 56 helicopters)			Haiti		Operation Uphold Democracy
October 20, 1994	April 14, 1995		3	VF-32 (F-14A) VFA-37 (F/A-18C) VFA-105 (F/A-18C) VA-75 (A-6E) VAW-126 (E-2C) VAQ-130 (EA-6B) VS-22 (S-3B) VQ-6 Det.C (ES-3A) HS-7 (SH-3H)	AC	Mediterranean	USS Anzio (CG 68) USS Cape St. George (CG 71) USS Peterson (DD 969)	Operation Deny Flight Operation Southern Watch Operation Vigilant Warrior Operation Provide Promise Operation Sharp Guard	Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Cannes, France Trieste, Italy Naples, Italy Haifa, Israel Antalya, Turkey Rhodes, Greece Palma, Mallorca, Spain
June 10, 1998	December 10, 1998		17	VF-103 (F-14B) VFA-34 (F/A-18C) VFA-83 (F/A-18C) VFA-81 (F/A-18C) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VAW-125 (E-2C) VS-30 (S-3B) VQ-6 Det.D (ES-3A) HS-15 (HH/SH-60H/F)	AA	Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf	USS Anzio (CG 68) USS Cape St. George (CG 71) USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) USS Mitscher (DDG 57) USS Stump (DD 978) USS Deyo (DD 989) USS Atlanta (SSN 712) USS Supply (AOE 6)	Operation Southern Watch Operation Joint Forge Operation Deliberate Forge	Naples, Italy Cannes, France Antalya, Turkey Corfu, Greece Cartagena, Spain Marseilles, France Rhodes, Greece Dubai, U.A.E.
February 19, 2000	August 18, 2000		7	VF-11 (F-14B) VF-143 (F-14B) VFA-131 (F/A-18C) VFA-136 (F/A-18C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VAW-121 (E-2C) VS-31 (S-3B) HS-5 (SH/HH-60F/H)	AG	Mediterranean Arabian Gulf	USS Anzio (CG 68) USS Cape St. George (CG 71) USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) USS Mahan (DDG 72) USS Laboon (DDG 58) USS Barry (DDG 52) USS Kauffman (FFG 59) USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) USS Hartford (SSN 768) USS Springfield (SSN 761) USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) USNS Mount Baker (T-AE 34)	Operation Southern Watch	St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Corfu, Greece Trieste, Italy Dubrovnik, Croatia Antalya, Turkey Haifa, Israel Bahrain Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Lisbon, Portugal Mayport, Florida
October 3, 2006	May 23, 2007		7	VFA-143 (F/A-18E) VFA-103 (F/A-18F) VFA-83 (F/A-18C) VFA-131 (F/A-18C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VAW-125 (E-2C 2000) HS-5 (SH/HH-60F/H)	AG	Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf	USS Anzio (CG 68) USS Ramage (DDG 61) USS Mason (DDG 87) USS Newport News (SSN 750)	Operation Enduring Freedom	Naples, Italy Limassol, Cyprus Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Lisbon, Portugal
February 21, 2009	July 30, 2009		7	VFA-143 (F/A-18E) VFA-103 (F/A-18F) VFA-83 (F/A-18C) VFA-131 (F/A-18C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VAW-121 (E-2C NP) HS-5 (SH/HH-60F/H)	AG	Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf	USS Gettysburg (CG 64) USS Vicksburg (CG 69) USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) USS Stout (DDG 55) USS Scranton (SSN 750) USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198)	Operation Enduring Freedom	Manama, Bahrain Dubai, U.A.E. Marseilles, France Lisbon, Portugal Mayport, Fla.
January 2, 2010	July 28, 2010		7	VFA-143 (F/A-18E) VFA-103 (F/A-18F) VFA-83 (F/A-18C) VFA-131 (F/A-18C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VAW-121 (E-2C 2000 NP) HS-5 (SH/HH-60F/H)	AG	Mediterranean, Arabian Sea	USS Hue City (CG 66) USS Carney (DDG 64) USS McFaul (DDG 74) USS Farragut (DDG 99)	Operation Enduring Freedom	Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Manama, Bahrain Antalya, Turkey Naples, Italy Mayport, Fla.
June 20, 2012			7	VFA-143 (F/A-18E) VFA-103 (F/A-18F) VFA-83 (F/A-18C) VFA-131 (F/A-18C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VAW-121 (E-2C 2000 NP) HS-5 (SH/HH-60F/H)	AG	Mediterranean, Arabian Sea	USS Hue City (CG 66) USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) USS Farragut (DDG 99) USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109)		Palma de Majorca, Spain

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