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FLEET AIR RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON 2
(VQ-2)RANGERS
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VQ-2 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1964 | - | OCT | 1964 | First Carrier Detachment U.S.S. Forrestal CVA-59 (12 days) |
| APR | 1965 | - | JUL | 1965 | First Carrier Assignment U.S.S. Saratoga CVA-60 (3.5 Months) |
| DEC | 1965 | - | APR | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1967 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1967 | - | JUN | 1967 | P-2 DET. Athens )Israel Six Day War was from June 5-10 1967.) |
| SEP | 1970 | - | OCT | 1970 | Jordanian Crisis |
| JUL | 1971 | - | JUL | 1971 | First EP-3E - 31 July 1971 |
| OCT | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | Yom Kippur War |
| JAN | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | 1980 VQ-2 deployed on an around the world for Operations with tw |
| AUG | 1980 | - | OCT | 1980 | Circumnavigation |
| DEC | 1984 | - | MAY | 1985 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| MAY | 1991 | - | SEP | 1991 | Last A-3 Det (NS Souda Bay Crete) |
| FEB | 2002 | - | MAY | 2002 | Kosovo |
| MAR | 2002 | - | MAY | 2002 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 2003 | - | MAR | 2003 | Inciklik, Turkey |
| MAR | 2003 | - | JUN | 2003 | Det Bahrain- Operation Enduring Freedom |
| DEC | 2003 | - | MAR | 2004 | Curacao SOUTHCOM |
| OCT | 2004 | - | JAN | 2005 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 2004 | - | JAN | 2005 | Manama , Bahrain |
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