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ATTACK SQUADRON 86
(VA-86)SIDEWINDERS
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VA-86 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1955 | - | MAY | 1955 | New York City / USS Intrepid CVA-11 |
| JAN | 1956 | - | APR | 1956 | USS Forrestal / Gitmo Cuba F7U-3M not safe for carrier landings |
| MAR | 1962 | - | SEP | 1962 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 MAY 1965 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1965 | - | DEC | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1967 | - | OCT | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| APR | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | Circumnavigation |
| APR | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 APR 1968 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| APR | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 NOV 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1969 | - | APR | 1970 | RIMPAC |
| SEP | 1969 | - | JUL | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 JUN 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUN 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 JUN 1972 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1972 | - | MAR | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1974 | - | AUG | 1974 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1974 | - | OCT | 1974 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1975 | - | SEP | 1975 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 JAN 1980 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1982 | - | APR | 1983 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JAN | 1985 | - | NOV | 1985 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| MAY | 1987 | - | Shellback Initiation - 29 MAY 1987 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
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