| Add a VFA-81 Shellback Initiation | Add a VFA-81 Deployment - Major Event |
| Month |
Year |
to |
Month |
Year |
Deployment / Event |
| MAR | 1969 | - | DEC | 1969 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1971 | - | JUN | 1971 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1991 | - | JAN | 1993 | Operation Desert Shield |
| JUN | 2000 | - | DEC | 2000 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 2002 | - | DEC | 2002 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 2002 | - | DEC | 2002 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 2004 | - | DEC | 2004 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 2004 | - | DEC | 2004 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| MAR | 2007 | - | SEP | 2007 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 2008 | - | JAN | 2010 | West Pac |
| JAN | 2010 | - | APR | 2010 | UNITAS |
| NOV | 2010 | - | JUN | 2011 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
