| Add a VF-21 Shellback Initiation | Add a VF-21 Deployment - Major Event |
| Month |
Year |
to |
Month |
Year |
Deployment / Event |
| MAY | 1954 | - | MAY | 1954 | North Atlantic |
| APR | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1962 | - | DEC | 1967 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1963 | - | DEC | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1963 | - | MAY | 1964 | West Pac |
| MAR | 1965 | - | NOV | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1966 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1967 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1967 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1968 | - | MAY | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1969 | - | MAR | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1970 | - | JUL | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1972 | - | JUN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1973 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 15 MAY 1973 - Pacific Ocean |
| MAR | 1974 | - | OCT | 1974 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1976 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1976 - Pacific Ocean |
| JAN | 1979 | - | SEP | 1979 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1983 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 24 MAY 1983 - Pacific Ocean |
| FEB | 1985 | - | AUG | 1985 | West Pac |
| APR | 1987 | - | OCT | 1987 | West Pac |
| APR | 1987 | - | OCT | 1987 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| SEP | 1987 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 1 SEP 1987 - Indian Ocean |
| DEC | 1988 | - | JUN | 1989 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| APR | 1989 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 10 APR 1989 - Indian Ocean |
| SEP | 1989 | - | OCT | 1989 | Alaska |
| JUN | 1990 | - | DEC | 1990 | Desert Shield |
| JUN | 1990 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 6 JUN 1990 - Pacific Ocean |
| JAN | 1992 | - | JUL | 1992 | Desert Shield |