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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEB | 1958 | - | OCT | 1958 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1961 | - | JUL | 1961 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1961 | - | JUN | 1962 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1961 | - | JUN | 1962 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1962 | - | FEB | 1963 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1962 | - | SEP | 1962 | Cape Horn |
| NOV | 1962 | - | MAY | 1963 | West Pac |
| APR | 1963 | - | NOV | 1963 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1963 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 MAY 1963 - Indian Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1963 | - | JUL | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| DEC | 1963 | - | DEC | 1964 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| FEB | 1964 | - | SEP | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1964 | - | JAN | 1965 | cva 64--foxtrot-- aug. 2ed and 4th 1964 turner joy and maddox |
| FEB | 1965 | - | NOV | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1965 | - | NOV | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1965 | - | NOV | 1965 | West Pac |
| APR | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 APR 1965 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| APR | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1966 | - | NOV | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1966 | - | MAY | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | West Pac |
| FEB | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1968 | - | AUG | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1968 | - | MAR | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1968 | - | APR | 1969 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 OCT 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | North Korean Intervention- 7th Fleet- TF-77 Adm. Geo. Morrison |
| APR | 1969 | - | NOV | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1969 | - | JUL | 1970 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1969 | - | JUL | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1969 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 JUN 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 JUN 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1970 | - | JUN | 1971 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1971 | - | NOV | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 NOV 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| APR | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1973 | - | JUN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| APR | 1973 | - | JAN | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| DEC | 1974 | - | JUL | 1975 | West Pac |
| JUN | 1975 | - | JAN | 1976 | West Pac |
| JUN | 1975 | - | JAN | 1976 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1977 | - | AUG | 1977 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1977 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1978 | - | MAY | 1979 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1979 | - | MAY | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 JAN 1980 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 JAN 1980 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1980 | - | OCT | 1980 | VFP-63 Det 3 Deployed USS Constellation IO Cruise |
| JUN | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 JUN 1980 - Indian Ocean | ||
| APR | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | VFP-63 Det 1 Deployed USS Kitty Hawk Westpac Cruise |
| JUN | 1982 | - | JUN | 1982 | Disestablishment |
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