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FIGHTER SQUADRON 213
(VF-213)BLACK LIONS
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VF-213 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a VF-213 Shellback Initiation | Add a VF-213 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUG | 1956 | - | FEB | 1957 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1956 | - | FEB | 1957 | Asia-Pacific 7th Flt. VF -213, CAG-21,,Aboard CVA-31, , |
| NOV | 1960 | - | JUN | 1961 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1961 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 DEC 1961 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1963 | - | DEC | 1964 | Middle Pacific |
| MAY | 1963 | - | DEC | 1963 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1963 | - | DEC | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1963 | - | DEC | 1963 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1963 | - | DEC | 1963 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1963 | - | DEC | 1963 | Westpac 1963 |
| AUG | 1963 | - | DEC | 1963 | Westpac 1963 |
| OCT | 1965 | - | MAY | 1966 | Middle Pacific |
| OCT | 1965 | - | MAY | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1966 | - | JUN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1967 | - | JUN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| DEC | 1968 | - | SEP | 1969 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1968 | - | SEP | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1969 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1970 | - | JUN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1973 | - | JUL | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1973 | - | JUN | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1973 | - | JUN | 1974 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1977 | - | MAY | 1978 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| SEP | 1982 | - | APR | 1983 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| OCT | 1982 | - | MAR | 1983 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| NOV | 1982 | - | NOV | 1982 | Shellback Initiation - 20 NOV 1982 - Indian Ocean |
| NOV | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 NOV 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1986 | - | AUG | 1986 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 1993 | - | DEC | 1993 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1993 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 OCT 1993 - Indian Ocean | ||
| APR | 1995 | - | OCT | 1995 | West Pac |



