 On the night of 14 April 1986, the squadron conducted a low-level, high-speed attack against targets at the Benina airfield and military barracks in Benghazi, Libya as part of Operation El Dorado Canyon.In October 1986 the squadron detached from Carrier Air Wing One and joined Carrier Air Wing Seven aboard , deploying in February 1988 for an extended Mediterranean deployment.The squadron participated in operations off the Libyan Coast and returned to NAS Oceana in August 1988.