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Battle of the Mediterranean
The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945.
For the most part, the campaign was fought between the Italian Royal Navy ("Regia Marina"), supported by other Axis naval and air forces, and the British Royal Navy, supported by other Allied naval forces, such as Australia, the Netherlands, Poland and Greece. American naval and air units joined the Allied
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Operational history RVAH-9 / Cold War.
- 19 July 1974 - 21 January 1975, RVAH-9 embarked aboard for a Mediterranean deployment.
- Budgetary pressures following the end of the Vietnam War force the Department of Defense to again close several stateside air bases, to include NAS Albany, Georgia. In January 1974, RVAH-9 shifts its home station from NAS Albany to NAS Key West, Florida.
- 16 July 1975 - 24 Sep 1975, following less than five months turnaround time at their home station of NAS Key