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LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC SQUADRON 63

(VFP-63)

THE EYES OF THE FLEET

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VFP-63 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1958-OCT1958West Pac
JAN1961-JUL1961West Pac
DEC1961-JUN1962West Pac
DEC1961-JUN1962West Pac
JUL1962-FEB1963West Pac
JUL1962-SEP1962Cape Horn
NOV1962-MAY1963West Pac
APR1963-NOV1963West Pac
MAY1963-Shellback Initiation - 8 MAY 1963 - Indian Ocean
OCT1963-JUL1964West Pac-Viet Nam
DEC1963-DEC1964West Pac-Indian Ocean
FEB1964-SEP1964West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1964-JAN1965cva 64--foxtrot-- aug. 2ed and 4th 1964 turner joy and maddox
FEB1965-NOV1965West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1965-NOV1965West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1965-NOV1965West Pac
APR1965- Shellback Initiation - 5 APR 1965 - Pacific Ocean
APR1965-JAN1966West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1966-NOV1966West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1966-MAY1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-AUG1967West Pac
FEB1967-AUG1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL1967-APR1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1968-AUG1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1968-MAR1969West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1968-APR1969West Pac
OCT1968-Shellback Initiation - 24 OCT 1968 - Pacific Ocean
DEC1968-DEC1968North Korean Intervention- 7th Fleet- TF-77 Adm. Geo. Morrison
APR1969-NOV1969West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1969-JUL1970West Pac
SEP1969-JUL1970West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1969-JUN1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1970-JUL1970Mediterranean
MAY1970-DEC1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1970-Shellback Initiation - 4 JUN 1970 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1970-Shellback Initiation - 8 JUN 1970 - Pacific Ocean
OCT1970-JUN1971West Pac
MAY1971-NOV1971West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1971-DEC1971West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1971-Shellback Initiation - 27 NOV 1971 - Pacific Ocean
APR1972-DEC1972West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1973-JUN1973West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1973-JAN1974West Pac-Viet Nam
DEC1974-JUL1975West Pac
JUN1975-JAN1976West Pac
JUN1975-JAN1976West Pac
JAN1977-AUG1977Mediterranean
JUN1977-Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1978-MAY1979West Pac-Indian Ocean
JUN1979-MAY1980Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JAN1980-Shellback Initiation - 9 JAN 1980 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN1980-Shellback Initiation - 30 JAN 1980 - Pacific Ocean
FEB1980-OCT1980VFP-63 Det 3 Deployed USS Constellation IO Cruise
JUN1980-Shellback Initiation - 12 JUN 1980 - Indian Ocean
APR1981-NOV1981VFP-63 Det 1 Deployed USS Kitty Hawk Westpac Cruise
JUN1982-JUN1982Disestablishment

VFP-63 General Specifications