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ATTACK SQUADRON 72
(VA-72)BLUE HAWKS
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VA-72 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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AUG | 1960 | - | FEB | 1961 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1962 | - | AUG | 1962 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
SEP | 1964 | - | DEC | 1964 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
MAY | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 MAY 1965 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAY | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 MAY 1965 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAY | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 MAY 1965 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1965 | - | DEC | 1965 | WESTPAC 1965 |
MAY | 1965 | - | NOV | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 MAY 1965 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1969 | - | MAR | 1970 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1970 | - | MAR | 1971 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1973 | - | DEC | 1973 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUN 1973 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1975 | - | JAN | 1976 | Mediterranean |
NOV | 1976 | - | DEC | 1976 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
JAN | 1977 | - | NOV | 1977 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1980 | - | JAN | 1981 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1980 | - | MAR | 1981 | Mediterranean |
DEC | 1981 | - | JUN | 1982 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
DEC | 1981 | - | JUN | 1982 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
AUG | 1985 | - | SEP | 1985 | North Atlantic |
MAR | 1986 | - | SEP | 1986 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1986 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 SEP 1986 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
FEB | 1988 | - | AUG | 1988 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1990 | - | MAR | 1991 | Desert Storm |