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US Navy - Strike Fighter Squadron 132
(STRKFITRON 132) VFA-132 'Privateers' |
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 F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132) at Andrews AFB, Maryland - 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) during USS Coral Sea's (CV 43) decommissioning - April 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) - February 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) - February 1990  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1989  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132) during exercise COPE THUNDER - NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - January 1988  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132) during exercise COPE THUNDER - NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - January 1988  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132) during exercise COPE THUNDER - NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - January 1988  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132) during exercise COPE THUNDER - NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - January 1988  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132) during exercise COPE THUNDER - NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - January 1988  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132) during exercise COPE THUNDER - NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - January 1988  an airman assists LCDR Mike Groothousen into his F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132) during exercise COPE THUNDER - NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - January 1988  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) over NAS Cecil Field, Florida - April 1987  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) at NAS Sigonella, Italy - January 1987  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - August 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - April 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - off Lybia - March 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - March 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - March 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - March 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - March 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - March 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - March 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43), armed with an AGM-88 HARM missile - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - January 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) escorting a Soviet Ilyushin IL-38 May maritime patrol aircraft - 1986  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-132 / CVW-13) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - October 1985 |
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The Privateers were established on 3 January 1984 as (VFA-132) the
first squadron to be assigned the VFA designation. operating the
F/A-18C Hornet from NAS Lemoore, CA, and moved to NAS Cecil Field in
February 1985. They made their inaugural deployment aboard the USS
Coral Sea (CV-43) (which was retired in 1989) and saw combat
operations during Operations Prairie Fire and El Dorado Canyon
against Libya. March 1986: During Freedom of Navigation exercises in the Gulf of Sidra, the squadron’s aircraft flew Combat Air Patrols in support of the exercise, including the period of 24 and 25 March following a 24 March Libyan firing of an SA-5 missile against an American aircraft operating in international waters. 14-15 April 1986: Squadron aircraft, along with other units of CVW-13 and A-7s from CVW-1, provided air to surface Shrike and Harm missile strikes against Libyan surface-to-air missile sites at Banghazi. This was the first use of the F/A-18 in combat. October 1987 - April 1988: The squadron deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, and was assigned to Marine Air Group 15. While deployed to Japan, the squadron operated detachments at NAS Cubi Point, Tsuiki AB, Clark AB, Yechon AB, Misawa AB and Kadena AB. August - September 1989: Coral Sea (CV 43), with VFA-132 embarked, operated off the coast of Lebanon following the Israeli capture of Sheik Obeid and the reported killing of Lieutenant Colonel William R. Higgins, USMC. In early September the squadron provided air cover for the CH-53 helos used to evacuate personnel from the U.S. embassy in Beirut. June - September 1991: CVW-6 squadrons participated in Operation Provide Comfort, flying missions over northern Iraq in support of the Kurdish relief effort. |
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