Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - VF-102 deployed na 1984 na nke mbụ KA-93 LOROP igwefoto na ARC-182 Nwere ngwa ngwa redio, na-eduzi arụmọrụ Evaluation maka ma usoro na 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 ndị Libya SA-5 na AAA gbara mgbe ha na-efe efe na-efe efe maka Ọrụ Attain Document
Ọ dị mma. Otu ọnwa mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, VF-102 gbara ụgbọelu ụgbọelu US Navy na US Air Force na Operation El Dorado Canyon.