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VF-11 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT 1947 - JUN 1948 VF-11 with CAG 11 World Cruise aboard USS Valley Forge CV-45
FEB 1958 - NOV 1958 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
OCT 1958 - - - Shellback Initiation - 16 OCT 1958 - Pacific Ocean
MAR 1961 - SEP 1961 Mediterranean-Rota, Spain
JUN 1967 - JUL 1967 West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN 1967 - SEP 1967 West Pac
JAN 1971 - JUL 1971 Mediterranean
MAR 1974 - SEP 1974 Mediterranean
MAR 1974 - SEP 1974 Mediterranean
MAR 1974 - SEP 1974 Mediterranean
JUN 1978 - DEC 1978 Mediterranean
JAN 1982 - JUN 1982 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
APR 1986 - Shellback Initiation - 10 APR 1986 - Indian Ocean
APR 1988 - OCT 1988 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
NOV 1989 - APR 1990 North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
NOV 1989 - APR 1990 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
MAY 1991 - DEC 1991 Desert Storm
FEB 1994 - AUG 1994 Desert Shield
FEB 1994 - AUG 1994 Desert Shield
MAR 1996 - MAR 1996 Aircraft #111 crash
MAY 1996 - OCT 1996 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf

VF-11 General Specifications