 The squadron also changed roles as well as aircraft and were now a fighter/attack squadron, performing air-to-air as well as air-to-ground attack missions.The Squadron emblem was also changed to a green background, white cloud, and silver gauntlet with silver mace.In November 1992, while deployed aboard , VFA-27 operated off the coast of Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope and augmented United States Central Command’s multi-national coalition Air Forces supporting Operation Southern Watch.