3/78: TOS USN and assigned to Attack Squadron 174 (VA-174), NAS Cecil Field, FL. Ca.4/78: VA-81, NAS Oceana, VA. 1979 to 1981: Deployed three times on USS Forrestal. Ca.1981 to 1990: VA-83, NAS Oceana. Deployed on USS Forrestal and USS John F. Kennedy. 1990: VA-46 at NAS Cecil Field, FL. While with VA-46, the plane flew off of USS John F. Kennedy in Desert Storm, flying 37 combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, including the first attack against Baghdad. 5/91: Flown to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL.
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