Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1982 dzakatumirwa kunotsigira mauto anochengetedza rugare muLebanon. Pakati pa1984 na1994 VA-83 neCVW-17 dzakatumirwa kunzvimbo nhanhatu kuUnited States. Mukati me1985-1986 rwendo rwavo rwaitsigira mabasa muIndian Ocean pamwe chete ne
mashandiro muGungwa reMediterranean uye Operation El Dorado Canyon kurwisa Libya. Ndege dzechikwata dzakapfura AGM-88 HARMs kurwisa nzvimbo yeRadar yeLibya, zvichiratidza kushandiswa kwekutanga kwemakomba iwayo muhondo.