![]() Units in Operation Southern Watch (1991-2003) USS Ranger CV-61 This was VA-65's last deployment before retirement in 1993. Two F/A-18As from VFA-87 about to refuel from an A-6E from VA-36 during Desert Storm in 1991. After the Gulf War, Theodore Roosevelt took part in Operation Provide Comfort after transiting the Suez Canal on April 20, 1991. USS Theodore Roosevelt launched her first strikes two days after the first night on the morning of January 19 1991. USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 (DecemJune 28, 1991) - Persian Gulf (Later Red Sea) Kennedy CV-67 (AugMarch 28, 1991) - Red Sea Carrier Air Wing 3 - Tail Code: ACĪ-6E SWIP/TRAM Intruder/KA-6D Intruder USS America crossed through the Suez Canal on January 15 1991, the same day the UN deadline for Iraq leaving Kuwait ended.Īt daylight on Janu(2 days after the first night), CVW-1 conducted their first strikes against Iraq. USS America CV-66 (DecemApril 18, 1991) - Red Sea (Later Persian Gulf) ĭeployed aboard USS Ranger when the carrier in the area of responsibility of the 7th Fleet. SWIP improvement was an avionics upgrade to A-6E TRAMs. Scored last Navy air to air kill (Mi-8 Helicopter) This meant it didn't have the F/A-18 or A-7E Corsair, which were the 2 different light attack aircraft used on many of the carriers, replacing them with 2 A-6E intruder squadrons. USS Ranger had a very different air wing compared to most carriers in the Gulf War as it was in the 'Grumman Air Wing' format. īattle Group Echo (DecemJune 8 1991) - Persian Gulf Scored first Navy air to air kills in Gulf War (2 F-7B Fishbeds - PRC copy of MiG-21). Saratoga Carrier Battlegroup (Augto March 28, 1991) - Red Sea ĭetachment A from January till February 10ĭetachment B for the remainder of the war. Carrier Air Wing 5 - Tail Code: NFįirst F/A-18 Hornet squadron to deploy the AGM-62 Walleye II. ![]() NF101 (BuNo 162887), an F/A-18A Hornet assigned to VFA-195 Dambusters aboard the USS Midway, CV-41 in the 1991 Gulf War. ![]() Eisenhower CVN-69 (August 8 to 24th) - Persian Gulf Carrier Air Wing 7 - Tail Code: AG ' Battle Group Delta' * (Relieved by USS Midway on November 1 1990) - Persian Gulf ![]() Eisenhower didn't take part in the actual conflict. Units in Operation Desert Shield īefore Operation Desert Storm, the US Navy helped with the buildup of forces in the Middle East. The United States Navy sent their naval forces in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf including six Aircraft Carriers to take part in Operation Desert Storm, including others that arrived before or after the war started and ended (as part of Operation Southern Watch).
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