Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: VF-102 etinyere na 1984 na nke mbụ KA-93 LOROP igwefoto na ARC-182 Nwere redio ngwa ngwa, na-eduzi Nyocha arụmọrụ maka usoro abụọ ahụ n'oké osimiri. N'afọ 1985, USS "America" sonyere na NATO na-eme ihe omume Ocean Safari ma na-arụkwa ọrụ n'oké osimiri ndị siri ike na ọnọdụ visibiliti dị nso na Arctic Circle na n'ime Vestfjord, Norway. Mgbe ha na-arụ ọrụ na northwest nke Ireland, otu VF-102 TARPS aircrew gbara ụgbọ elu na-enweghị atụ 1200 nm TARPS ọrụ iji chọta Soviet Kynda Class Cruiser na-agafe na English Channel. N'ọnwa Machị afọ 1986, e zigara ndị agha ahụ n'ụgbọ mmiri USS "America", wee gawa Ọwara Oké Osimiri Sidra iji sonyere ma maa ọkwa ọnwụ ọnwụ Libya. VF-102 Tomcat bụ nke mbụ onye Libya SA-5 na AAA gbara mgbe ọ na-efe efe n'elu ụgbọelu maka
Ọrụ Nweta Akwụkwọ. Otu ọnwa mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, VF-102 gbara ụgbọelu ụgbọelu US Navy na US Air Force na Operation El Dorado Canyon.