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to end of pageDeployments of USS SARATOGA:
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. These detachments are not listed below.
* not embarked for the entire deployment
| Date of Departure | Date of Return | Cruise Book | CVW | Squadrons (Aircraft) | Tail code | Area of Operations | Battle Group | Operations/Exercises | Ports of Call |
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| September 3, 1957 | October 22, 1957 |  | 7 | VF-61 (F3H-2M) VA-75 (AD-6) VFP-62 Det. (F2H-2P) VAW-12 Det. HU-2 Det. | L | Northern Atlantic | Operation Strikeback | Portsmouth, England Scotland | |
| February 1, 1958 | October 1, 1958 | | 3 | VF-31 (F3H-2N) VF-32 (F8U-1) VA-34 (A4D-1) VA-35 (AD-6) VAH-9 (A3D-2) VFP-62 Det. 43 VAW-12 Det. 43 VA(AW)-33 Det. 43 HU-2 Det. 43 | AC | Mediterranean | Gibraltar Naples, Italy Barcelona, Spain Genoa, Italy Cannes, France Palma de Mallorca, Spain Crete, Rhodes Athens, Italy Rhodes, Greece | ||
| August 15, 1959 | February 26, 1960 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F3H-2) VF-32 (F8U-1E) VA-34 (A4D-2) VA-35 (AD-6) VAH-9 (A3D-2) VA-36 (A4D-2) VFP-62 Det. 43 (F8U-1P) VAW-12 Det. 43 (AD-5W) VAW-33 Det 43 (AD-5Q) HU-2 Det. | AC | Mediterranean | Naples, Italy Leghorn, Italy Cannes, France Athens, Greece Rhodes, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Barcelona, Spain Gibraltar | ||
| August 22, 1960 | February 26, 1961 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F3H-2) VF-32 (F8U-1E) VA-34 (A4D-2) VA-35 (AD-6) VAH-9 (A3D-2) VA-36 (A4D-2) VFP-62 Det. (F8U-1P) VAW-12 Det. (WF-2) VAW-33 Det. 41 HU-2 Det. (HUP-2) | AC | Mediterranean Northern Atlantic | Barcelona, Spain Genoa, Italy Cannes, France Aranci Bay, Sardinia, Italy Naples, Italy Livorno, Italy Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy Athens, Greece Pollensa Bay, Sardinia, Italy Gibraltar | ||
| July 5, 1961 | August 22, 1961 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F3H-2) VF-32 (F8U-2) VA-34 (A4D-2) VA-35 (AD-6) VAH-9 (A3D-2) VA-36 (A4D-2N) VAW-33 Det. (AD-5N) VFP-62 Det. (F8U-1P) VAW-12 Det. (WF-2) HU-2 Det. (HUP-2) | AC | Caribbean | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | ||
| November 28, 1961 | May 12, 1962 | | 3 | VF-31 (F3H-2) VF-32 (F8U-2) VA-34 (A4D-2) VA-35 (AD-6) VAH-9 (A3D-2) VA-36 (A4D-2N) VAW-33 Det. (AD-5N) VFP-62 Det. (F8U-1P) VAW-12 Det. (WF-2) HU-2 Det. (HUP-2) | AC | Mediterranean | Cannes, France Palermo, Sicily, Italy Livorno, Italy Genoa, Italy Naples, Italy Athens, Greece Beirut, Lebanon | ||
| March 29, 1963 | October 25, 1963 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-3B) VF-32 (F-8D) VA-34 (A-4C) VA-35 (A-1H) VAH-9 (A-3B) VA-36 (A-4C) VFP-62 Det.60 (RF-8A) VAW-12 Det.60 (E-1B) HU-2 Det.60 (UH-2B) | AC | Mediterranean | Palermo, Sicily, Italy Marseille, France Genoa, Italy Naples, Italy Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy Cannes, France Athens, Greece Palma de Mallorca, Spain Taranto, Italy Barcelona, Spain Istanbul, Turkey Gibraltar | ||
| November 28, 1964 | July 12, 1965 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4B) VF-32 (F-8D) VA-34 (A-4C) VA-36 (A-4C) VA-35 (A-1H) VAH-10 Det.60 (A-3B) RVAH-9 (RA-5C) VAW-12 Det.60 (E-1B) HC-2 Det.60 (UH-2A) | AC | Mediterranean | Naples, Italy Genoa, Italy Marseille, France Cannes, France Barcelona, Spain Valencia, Spain Athens, Greece | ||
| March 11, 1966 | October 26, 1966 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4B) VF-103 (F-4B) VA-34 (A-4C) VA-106 (A-4C) VA-46 (A-4C) RVAH-12 (RA-5C) VAH-10 Det.60 (A-3B) VAW-12 Det.60 (E-1B) HC-2 Det.60 (UH-2A) | AC | Mediterranean | USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG 23) USS Sampson (DDG 10) USS Dahlgren (DDG 43) USS Cony (DD 508) | Valletta, Malta Thessaloniki, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Rhodes, Greece Naples, Italy Genoa, Italy Palermo, Italy Taranto, Italy Athens, Greece Barcelona, Spain Palma De Mallorca, Spain | |
| May 2, 1967 | December 6, 1967 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4B) VF-103 (F-4B) VA-216 (A-4C) VA-176 (A-1H) VAH-10 Det.60 (KA-3B) RVAH-9 (RA-5C) VAW-121 Det.60 (E-1B) HC-2 Det.60 (UH-2A/B) | AC | Mediterranean | USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG 23) | Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Naples, Italy Toulon, France Palma de Mallorca, Spain Athens, Greece Valletta, Malta Istanbul, Turkey | |
| July 9, 1969 | January 22, 1970 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-46 (A-7B) VA-113 (A-7B) VA-75 (A-6A) RVAH-1 (RA-5C) VAH-10 Det.60 (KA-3B and EKA-3B) VAW-125 (E-2A) HC-2 Det.60 | AC | Mediterranean | USS Gearing (DD 710) USS Sellers (DDG 11) | Valletta, Malta Barcelona, Spain Corfu, Greece Rhodes, Greece Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Athens, Greece | |
| June 17, 1970 | November 9, 1970 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-37 (A-7A) VA-105 (A-7A) VA-75 (A-6A) RVAH-9 (RA-5C) VAQ-130 Det.4 (EKA-3B) VAW-123 (E-2) HC-2 Det. 60 (SH-3) | AC | Mediterranean | USS Sampson (DDG 10) | Barcelona, Spain Athens, Greece Trieste, Italy Naples, Italy Valencia, Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |
| June 7, 1971 | October 28, 1971 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-37 (A-7A) VA-105 (A-7A) VA-75 (A-6A/B and KA-6D) VMCJ-2 Det. A (EA-6A) RVAH-9 (RA-5C) VAW-123 (E-2B) VS-28 (S-2E) HS-7 (SH-3D) | AC | Northern Atlantic Mediterranean | Greenock, Scotland Rota, Spain Cannes, France Corfu, Greece Athens, Greece Genoa, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain | ||
| April 11, 1972 | February 13, 1973 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-75 (A-6A/B and KA-6D) VA-37 (A-7A) VA-105 (A-7A) RVAH-1 (RA-5C) VAW-123 (E-2B) HS-7 (SH-3D) HC-7 Det 110 (HH-3A)* VMCJ-2 Det (EA-6B)* | AC | Southern Atlantic Indian Ocean Western Pacific Vietnam | Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong Singapore | ||
| September 27, 1974 | March 19, 1975 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-37 (A-7E) VA-105 (A-7E) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) RVAH-11 (RA-5C) VAW-123 (E-2C) HS-7 (SH-3D) | AC | Mediterranean | Rota, Spain Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Izmir, Turkey Lisbon, Turkey Malaga, Spain Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| January 6, 1976 | July 28, 1976 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-37 (A-7E) VA-105 (A-7E) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VFP-63 Det.3 (RF-8G) VAQ-131 (EA-6B) VS-22 (S-3A) VAW-123 (E-2C) HS-7 (SH-3) | AC | Mediterranean | Rota, Spain Malaga, Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain Taranto, Italy Naples, Italy Split, Croatia Cannes, France Genoa, Italy Monaco Barcelona, Spain | ||
| July 11, 1977 | December 23, 1977 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-37 (A-7E) VA-105 (A-7E) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAQ-138 (EA-6B) VS-22 (S-3A) VAW-123 (E-2C) HS-7 (SH-3H) | AC | Mediterranean | National Week XXVIII | Rota, Spain Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Malaga, Spain | |
| October 3, 1978 | April 5, 1979 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-37 (A-7E) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VA-105 (A-7E) VS-22 (S-3A) VAW-123 (E-2C) VAQ-131 (EA-6B) HS-7 (SH-3H) | AC | Mediterranean | USS Biddle (CG 34) USS Conyngham (DDG 17) USS Spruance (DD 963) USS Mount Baker (AE 34) USS Milwaukee (AOR 2) | Rota, Spain Livorno, Italy Trieste, Italy Alexandria, Egypt Palma de Mallorca, Spain Barcelona, Spain Naples, Italy Palermo, Sicily, Italy Toulon, France Valencia, Spain Malaga, Spain | |
| March 10, 1980 | August 27, 1980 |  | 3 | VF-31 (F-4J) VF-103 (F-4J) VA-37 (A-7E) VA-105 (A-7E) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VS-22 (S-3A) VAW-123 (E-2C) HS-7 (SH-3H) | AC | Mediterranean | Rota, Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain Naples, Italy Tunisia Malaga, Spain | ||
| April 2, 1984 | October 20, 1984 |  | 17 | VF-74 (F-14A) VF-103 (F-14A) VA-83 (A-7E) VA-81 (A-7E) VMA-533 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-125 (E-2C) VMAQ-2 Det.Y (EA-6B) VS-30 (S-3A) HS-3 (SH-3H) | AA | Mediterranean | USS Dale (CG 19) USS Peterson (DD 969) USS Briscoe (DD 977) USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13) | Barcelona, Spain Naples, Italy Toulon, France Palma de Mallorca, Spain Benidorm, Spain Tunis, Tunisia Malaga, Spain | |
| August 25, 1985 | April 16, 1986 |  | 17 | VF-74 (F-14A) VF-103 (F-14A) VA-81 (A-7E) VA-83 (A-7E) VA-85 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAQ-137 (EA-6B) VAW-125 (E-2C) VS-30 (S-3A) HS-3 (SH-3H) VQ-2 Det (EA-3B) | AA | Mediterranean Indian Ocean | USS Biddle (CG 34) USS Scott (DDG 995) USS Jack Williams (FFG 24) USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089) USS Capodanno (FF 1093) USS Mount Baker (AE 34) USS Monongahela (AO 178) | Achille Lauro | Alexandria, Egypt Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Singapore Diego Garcia Trieste, Italy Malaga, Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain Rota, Spain |
| June 5, 1987 | November 17, 1987 |  | 17 | VF-74 (F-14A) VF-103 (F-14A) VA-81 (A-7E) VA-83 (A-7E) VA-85 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAQ-137 (EA-6B) VAW-125 (E-2C) VS-30 (S-3A) HS-3 (SH-3H) | AA | Mediterranean | USS Preble (DDG 46) | Palma de Mallorca, Spain Marseille, France Cannes, France Benidorm, Spain Naples, Italy Alexandria, Egypt Athens, Greece Livorno, Italy Haifa, Israel | |
| August 7, 1990 | March 28, 1991 |  | 17 | VF-74 (F-14A) VF-103 (F-14A) VFA-83 (F/A-18C) VFA-81 (F/A-18C) VA-35 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-125 (E-2C) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VS-30 (S-3B) HS-3 (SH-3H) | AA | Mediterranean Red Sea | USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) USS Spruance (DD 963) USS Sampson (DDG 10) USS Elmer Montgomery (FF 1082) | Exercise Display Determination Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm | Izmir, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Antalya, Turkey Haifa, Israel |
| May 6, 1992 | November 6, 1992 |  | 17 | VF-74 (F-14B) VF-103 (F-14B) VFA-81 (F/A-18C) VFA-83 (F/A-18C) VA-35 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VAW-125 (E-2C) VS-30 (S-3B) HS-9 (SH-3H) | AA | Mediterranean | USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51) | Exercise Poopdeck Exercise Dasix-Lafayette Exercise Eclipse Bravo Exercise Juniper Hawk Exercise Display Determination | Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Cannes, France Toulon, France Souda Bay, Rhodes, Greece Trieste, Italy |
| January 1, 1994 | June 24, 1994 |  | 17 | VF-103 (F-14B) VFA-81 (F/A-18C) VFA-83 (F/A-18C) VA-35 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAQ-132 (EA-6B) VAW-125 (E-2C) VS-30 (S-3B) HS-15 (HH/SH-60H/F) | AA | Mediterranean | USS Vicksburg (CG 69) | Operation Deny Flight Operation Provide Promise Exercise Dynamic Impact 94 Exercise Iles D'Or Exercise Eagle Arena | Trieste, Italy Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Valencia, Spain |
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