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Deployments of USS JOHN F. KENNEDY:

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 detachment 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
April 5, 1969	December 21, 1969		1	VF-14 (F-4B) VF-32 (F-4B) VA-83 (A-4C) VA-81 (A-4C) VA-95 (A-4C) RVAH-14 (RA-5C) VAH-10 Det. 67 (KA-3B and EKA-3B) VAQ-33 Det. EA-1F) VAW-121 Det. (E-1B) HC-2 Det. 67 (UH-2C)	AB	Mediterranean			Valletta, Malta Genoa, Italy Naples, Italy Taranto, Italy Corfu, Greece Athens, Greece Trieste, Italy Barcelona, Spain
September 14, 1970	March 1, 1971		1	VF-14 (F-4B) VF-32 (F-4B) VA-46 (A-7B) VA-72 (A-7B) VA-34 (A-6A) RVAH-14 (RA-5C) VAQ-131 (EKA-3B) VAW-125 (E-2B) HC-2 Det. (SH-3G)	AB	Caribbean Northern Atlantic Mediterranean	USS Sampson (DDG 10)		Iraklion, Crete, Greece Naples, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Athens, Greece Valletta, Malta Barcelona, Spain
December 1, 1971	October 6, 1972		1	VF-14 (F-4B) VF-32 (F-4B) VA-46 (A-7B) VA-72 (A-7B) VA-34 (A-6A and KA-6D) RVAH-14 (RA-5C) VAQ-135 Det.4 (EKA-3B) VAW-125 (E-2B) HC-2 Det. (SH-3G)	AB	Northern Atlantic Mediterranean		Exercise Strong Express	Naples, Italy Barcelona, Spain Athens, Greece Corfu, Greece Thessaloniki, Greece Rhodes, Greece Genoa, Italy Cannes, France Palma de Mallorca, Spain
April 16, 1973	December 1, 1973		1	VF-14 (F-4B) VF-32 (F-4B) VA-46 (A-7B) VA-72 (A-7B) VA-34 (A-6A/B/C and KA-6D) RVAH-11 (RA-5C) VAQ-130 Det.1 (EKA-3B) VAW-125 (E-2B) HC-2 Det. (SH-3G)	AB	Northern Atlantic Mediterranean	USS Dale (DLG 19)		Rota, Spain Barcelona, Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain Gaeta, Italy Cannes, France Rhodes, Greece Athens, Greece Livorno, Italy Malaga, Spain Edinburgh, Scotland Souda Bay, Greece
June 28, 1975	January 27, 1976		1	VF-14 (F-14A) VF-32 (F-14A) VA-46 (A-7B) VA-72 (A-7B) VA-34 (A-6A/C and KA-6D) VAQ-133 (EA-6B) VS-21 (S-3A) VAW-125 (E-2C) HS-11 (SH-3D)	AB	Mediterranean			Naples, Italy Taranto, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Barcelona, Spain Malaga, Spain
January 15, 1977	August 1, 1977		1	VF-14 (F-14A) VF-32 (F-14A) VA-46 (A-7B) VA-72 (A-7B) VA-34 (A-6E and KA-6D) VFP-63 Det.2 (RF-8G) VAQ-133 (EA-6B) VAW-125 (E-2C) VS-32 (S-3A) HS-11 (SH-3D)	AB	Mediterranean			Naples, Italy Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Alexandria, Egypt Barcelona, Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain Malaga, Spain
June 29, 1978	February 8, 1979		1	VF-14 (F-14A) VF-32 (F-14A) VA-46 (A-7B) VA-72 (A-7B) VA-34 (A-6B/E and KA-6D) VFP-63 Det.2 (RF-8G) VAQ-133 (EA-6B) VAW-125 (E-2C) VS-32 (S-3A) HS-11 (SH-3D)	AB	Mediterranean			Rota, Spain Malaga, Spain Valencia, Spain Barcelona, Spain Palma, Spain Naples, Italy Taranto, Italy Trieste, Italy Alexandria, Egypt
August 4, 1980	March 28, 1981		1	VF-14 (F-14A) VF-32 (F-14A) VA-46 (A-7B) VA-72 (A-7B) VA-34 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAQ-138 (EA-6B) VAW-126 (E-2C) VS-32 (S-3A) HS-11 (SH-3D)	AB	Mediterranean			Toulon, France Naples, Italy Barcelona, Spain Alexandria, Egypt Haifa, Israel Palma de Mallorca, Spain Athens, Greece Valencia, Spain Malaga, Spain
January 4, 1982	July 14, 1982		3	VF-11 (F-14A) VF-31 (F-14A) VA-37 (A-7E) VA-105 (A-7E) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-126 (E-2C) VAQ-138 (EA-6B) VS-22 (S-3A) HS-7 (SH-3H)	AC	Mediterranean Indian Ocean			St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands Malaga, Spain Perth, Australia Mombasa, Kenya Toulon, France
September 27, 1983	May 2, 1984		3	VF-11 (F-14A) VF-31 (F-14A) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VA-85 (A-6E) VAW-126 (E-2C) VAQ-137 (EA-6B) VS-22 (S-3A) HS-7 (SH-3H)	AC	Southern Atlantic Mediterranean			Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Haifa, Israel Naples, Italy
August 18, 1986	March 3, 1987		3	VF-14 (F-14A) VF-32 (F-14A) VA-66 (A-7E) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VMA-533 (A-6E) VAW-126 (E-2C) VAQ-140 (EA-6B) VS-22 (S-3A) HS-7 (SH-3H)	AC	Mediterranean	USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG 17) USS Moosbrugger (DD 980)		Rota, Spain Malaga, Spain Palma, Spain Benidorm, Spain Toulon, France Cannes, France Naples, Italy Trieste, Italy Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy Haifa, Israel
August 2, 1988	February 1, 1989		3	VF-14 (F-14A) VF-32 (F-14A) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VMA-533 (A-6E) VAW-126 (E-2C) VAQ-130 (EA-6B) VS-22 (S-3A) HS-7 (SH-3H)	AC	Mediterranean			Naples, Italy Alexandria, Egypt Toulon, France Antalya, Turkey Tunis, Tunisia Palma, Spain Marseille, France Cannes, France Haifa, Israel
August 15, 1990	March 28, 1991		3	VF-14 (F-14A) VF-32 (F-14A) VA-46 (A-7E) VA-72 (A-7E) VA-75 (A-6E and KA-6D) VAW-126 (E-2C) VAQ-130 (EA-6B) VS-22 (S-3B) HS-7 (SH-3H)	AC	Mediterranean Red Sea	USS South Carolina (CGN 37) USS Mississippi (CGN 40) USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51) USS Thomas C. Hart (FF 1092)	Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm	Alexandria, Egypt Izmir, Turkey Antalya, Turkey Jeddah, Saudi Aabia Hurgada, Egypt
October 7, 1992	April 7, 1993		3	VF-14 (F-14A) 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) HS-7 (SH-3H)	AC	Mediterranean	USS Gettysburg (CG 64) USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) USS Wainwright (CG 28) USS Caron (DD 970) USS Capodanno (FF 1093) USS Halyburton (FFG 40) USS McInerney (FFG 8) USS Albuquerque (SSN 706) USS Seahorse (SSN 669) USS Santa Barbara (AE 28) USS Kalamazoo (AOR 6)	Operation Provide Promise	Naples, Italy Marseille, France Trieste, Italy
April 29, 1997	October 28, 1997		8	VF-14 (F-14A) VF-41 (F-14A) VFA-87 (F/A-18C) VFA-15 (F/A-18C) VAQ-141 (EA-6B) VAW-124 (E-2C) VS-24 (S-3B) VQ-6 Det.A (ES-3A) HS-3 (SH/HH-60F/H)	AJ	Mediterranean Arabian Gulf	USS Vicksburg (CG 69) USS Hue City (CG 66) USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51) USS Spruance (DD 963) USS John Hancock (DD 981) USS Taylor (FFG 50) USS Albany (SSN 753) USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) USS Arctic (AOE 8)	Operation Deliberate Guard Operation Southern Watch Exercise Dynamic Mix INVITEX	Malaga, Spain Antalya, Turkey Rhodes, Greece Corfu, Greece Cannes, France Koper, Slovenia Benidorm, Spain Palma, Spain Marseille, France
September 22, 1999	March 19, 2000		1	VF-102 (F-14B) VFA-82 (F/A-18C) VFA-86 (F/A-18C) VMFA-251 (F/A-18C) VS-32 (S-3B) VAW-123 (E-2C) VAQ-137 (EA-6B) HS-11 (HH/SH-60H/F)	AB	Mediterranean Arabian Gulf	USS Monterey (CG 61) USS McFaul (DDG 74) USS Carney (DDG 64) USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) USS John Hancock (DD 981) USS Spruance (DD 963) USS Underwood (FFG 36) USS Taylor (FFG 50) USS Scranton (SSN 756) USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) USS Seattle (AOE 3)	Operation Southern Watch Operation Bright Star	Valletta, Malta Aqaba, Jordan Manama, Bahrain Dubai, U.A.E. Tarragona, Spain Bermuda
February 16, 2002	August 17, 2002		7	VF-143 (F-14B) VF-11 (F-14B) VFA-136 (F/A-18C) VFA-131 (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 Hue City (CG 66) USS Vicksburg (CG 69) USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) USS Carney (DDG 64) USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) USS Spruance (DD 963) USS Taylor (FFG 50) USS Underwood (FFG 36) USS Boise (SSN 764) USS Toledo (SSN 769) USS Seattle (AOE 3)	Operation Southern Watch Operation Enduring Freedom	Souda Bay, Greece Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Bahrain Tarragona, Spain Marmaris, Turkey
June 18, 2004	December 13, 2004		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) HS-15 (SH/HH-60F/H)	AA	Mediterranean Arabian Gulf	USS Vicksburg (CG 69) USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) USS Spruance (DD 963) USS Toledo (SSN 769) USS Seattle (AOE 3)	Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom Summer Pulse 04	Valletta, Malta Bahrain Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Tarragona, Spain

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