Last update on Jan.28, 2026

CVW-6 (AE)
USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)
Jun.7, 1982 - Dec.22, 1982 (Med)

VF-14 (F-14A)VF-32 (F-14A)
100 160897200 160896
101 160899201 160906
102 160901202 160908
103 160903203 160913
104 160904204 160918
105 160907 (*1)205
106 160909206 160923
107207 160927
110 160917210
111 160922211 161158
112 160924212 1611xx
 213 161162
(*1) VF-14 F-14A 160907/AE-105
Oct.20, 1982,
crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after control loss

VA-15 (A-7E)VA-87 (A-7E)
300 160738400 159968
301 160859401
302 158025402 157486
303 159283403 159659
304 160863404 159640
305 156862405 xxxxxx
306 160736406 159279
307 160615407 159653
310 160865410 157586
311 157579411 159654
312 160869412
313 157550 (*2)414 158672
314 159289415 158672
315 157468416 158014
(*2) VA-15 A-7E 157550/AE-313
Dec.3, 1982,
Crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the USS Independence (CV 62)
during a missed recovery attempt

VA-176 (A-6E, KA-6D)
500 159898 (A-6E)
501 155685 (A-6E)
502 152912 (A-6E)
503 159896 (A-6E)
504 157000 (A-6E)
505 155620 (A-6E)
506 155656 (A-6E)
507 157026 (A-6E)
510 155643 (A-6E)
513 151575 (KA-6D)
514 151579 (KA-6D)
515 154133 (KA-6D)
517 152618 (KA-6D)

VAW-122 (E-2C)VAQ-131 (EA-6B)
600 160008604 161246 (*2)
601 159105605 161244
602 160416606 160433
603 160990607 158649
(*2) VAQ-131 EA-6B 161246/AE-604
Jul.30, 1982,
crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after a wave-off

HS-15 (SH-3H)
610 152128
611 158965
612 152122
613 159904
614 152134
615 152139

VS-28 (S-3A)
700 1xxxxx
701 159418
702 159730
703 160156
704 159762
705 1xxxxx
706
707 1xxxxx
710
711 159741
7xx 159420

VQ-2 DET.B (EA-3B)
JQ-12 144850 (*3)
(*3) VQ-2 DET.B EA-3B 144850/JQ-12
not aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) for the entire deployment