These are the dates for all the sea periods for the Midway from June 12, 1981 to April 11, 1992. I also included ports visited when I was aboard. NorPacs, IOs, and special cruises are labeled as such. I also added squadron detachments that my squadron made between sea periods. Special thanks to Mike Weeks for information on ship activities after I left.
USS Midway At-sea periods from 06/84 through 04/92
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| 06/26/81 - 07/16/81 | Hong Kong
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| 07/24/81 - 08/01/81 | VA-115 Detachment: Kwang Ju Korea
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| 08/06/81 - 08/13/81 | ACLS testing Donut Cruise: Sea of Japan
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| 10/02/81 - 10/06/81 | Subic Bay Philippines, Pattaya Beach Thailand
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| 10/29/81 - 11/23/81 | Pusan Korea
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| 12/03/81 - 12/23/81 | Sasebo Japan
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| 12/81 | Ship goes into drydock in Yokosuka
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| 01/04/82 - 01/21/82 | VA-115 Detachment: Kadena AFB Okinawa
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| 01/26/82 - 03/01/82 | VA-115 Detachment: NAS Whidbey Island, WA
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| 03/08/82 - 04/05/82 | Team Spirit 82-1: East China Sea
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| 04/26/82 - 06/18/82 | READEX 82: Hong Kong, Subic Bay Philippines
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| 06/27/82 - 08/20/82 | COPE Strike, ASWEX 82-83, joint USN-JMSDF Exercise
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| 08/22/82 - 08/31/82 | VA-115 Detachment: NAF Cubi Point Philippines
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| 09/14/82 - 12/10/82 | MERLION 82-1/NORPAC: Singapore, Pattaya Beach Thailand, Subic Bay Philippines, Hong Kong
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| 01/12/83 - 02/04/83 | Refresher Training: Sasebo Japan
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| 02/25/83 - 05/09/83 | Team Spirit 83, NORPAC, FLEETEX 83-1: Pusan Korea, Sasebo Japan
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| 06/02/83 - 08/13/83 | Leyte Pier (Cubi Point) Phillipines, Hong Kong, Sasebo
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| 09/10/83 - 09/23/83 | VA-115 Detachment: Misawa Japan
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| 10/15/83 - 12/11/83 | Subic Bay Philippines, Hong Kong, Sasebo Japan
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| 12/28/83 - 05/23/84 | Indian Ocean Cruise: Singapore, Pattaya Beach Thailand, Philippines
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| 07/84 | VMFP-3 and HC-1 detached from CVW-5, HS-12 comes aboard
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| 10/15/84 - 12/13/84 | FleetEx 1-85
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| 02/01/85 - 03/28/85 | Team Spirit-85
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| 06/10/85 - 10/14/85 | Indian Ocean cruise
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| 01/17/86 - 03/30/86 | Team Spirit-86
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| 03/25/86 | Air Wing flyoff: VA-56, VA-93, VF-161 do not return
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| 3/86 | USS Midway goes into the yard for modifications to allow F/A-18 Hornets to operate from her. All squadrons except HS-12 TRANSPAC to the West Coast for transitioning and training. VA-56/93 are disestablished. VFA-192/195 are assigned permanently to the Air Wing. VF-161 transfers to COMLATWINGPAC. VF-151 transitions to the F/A-18 and redesignated VFA-151.
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| 11/86 | CVW-5 TRANSPACs to NAF Atsugi. Air Wing now consist of VFA-151/192/195, VA-115, VAW-115, VAQ-136, and HS-12
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| 01/09/87 - 03/20/87 | WESTPAC: possibly Team Spirit-87
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| 04/23/87 - 07/13/87 | WESTPAC
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| 09/13/87 | VA-185 Nighthawks, a second A-6E squadron is assigned to CVW-5
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| 10/15/87 - 04/12/88 | Indian Ocean cruise: Ernest Will Operation support
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| 09/08/88 - 11/09/88 | WESTPAC
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| 01/21/89 - 02/24/89 | Team Spirit-89
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| 08/15/89 - 12/11/89 | Indian Ocean cruise: Classic Resolve Ops support
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| 02/27/89 - 04/09/89 | WESTPAC
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| 05/31/89 - 07/25/89 | WESTPAC
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| 10/10/90 - 04/17/91 | Desert Storm
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| 08/10/91 | USS Midway departs Yokosuka, Japan for the last time
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| 08/22/91 | USS Midway arrives at Pearl Harbor after a brief stop at Midway Island. CVW-5 transfers to USS Independence in the "Great Carrier Air Wing Swap-ex". Eight days later VA-185 is officially disestablished at NAF Atsugi.
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| 09/14/91 | USS Midway arrives at San Diego after a stop in Seattle to pick up dependent children for a Tiger Cruise.
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| 04/11/92 | USS Midway (CV-41) officially decommissioned at San Diego Naval Station.
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