| Add a VAW-121 Shellback Initiation | Add a VAW-121 Deployment - Major Event |
| Month |
Year |
to |
Month |
Year |
Deployment / Event |
| APR | 1967 | - | APR | 1967 | Established |
| JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1968 | - | FEB | 1969 | West Pac |
| JUN | 1968 | - | FEB | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1968 | - | FEB | 1969 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1969 | - | JUL | 1970 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1971 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1971 | - | DEC | 1972 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1975 | - | JUL | 1975 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1979 | - | JUL | 1979 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1980 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 22 APR 1980 - Indian Ocean |
| APR | 1980 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1980 - Atlantic Ocean |
| APR | 1980 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1980 - Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1983 | - | DEC | 1983 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |