 In 1983/84 VA-195 made its last deployment with the A-7 Corsair II, this time being reassigned to the Pacific Fleet CVW-9 aboard .From July to August 1983, USS "Ranger" was ordered to operate off the coast of Nicaragua in response to an unstable situation in Central America.Then, from October 1983 to January 1984, during a 122-day line period in the Indian Ocean, USS "Ranger" was extended on station in the Arabian Sea due to the Iranian threat to block oil exports from the Persian Gulf.