a Navy Air Wing. CVW-14 embarked on Coral Sea in November 1979 en route to the Western Pacific and a continuous 102-day at-sea period on "Gonzo" Station in the North Arabian Sea. CVW-14 made two more deployments on Coral Sea. Gulf War While en route to the island of Diego Garcia, CVW-14 and were diverted to the North Arabian Sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Independence arrived on station on 6 August 1990 as part of the United States Central Command buildup. On 5 August 1991, CVW-14 embarked aboard Independence and commenced transit to Pearl Harbor for swap-out with . The CVW-14 staff cross-decked to Midway in Pearl Harbor 24 August. VF-21, VF-154, and VS-21 were detached from CVW-14 but remained on board Independence as part of the CVW-5 organizational structure. CVW-14, then embarked on Midway and returned to San Diego, marking Midways last operational underway period prior to being decommissioned from active fleet service. On 17 February 1994, CVW-14 embarked aboard for another WESTPAC deployment, returning 15 August 1994. In May 1996, the air wing deployed again for another WESTPAC on Carl Vinson. During this deployment, the Carl Vinson Task Group took part in Operation Southern Watch and Operation Desert Strike in which USN and USAF forces conducted Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) and Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) strikes against Iraq in response to Baghdad's invasion of Kurdish-held territory in Northern Iraq. CVW-14 escorted B-52 aircraft in support of their CALCM strikes and subsequently flew numerous sorties to enforce the newly expanded No-Fly Zone to 33 degrees north latitude. The Task Group departed the Fifth Fleet operations area on 8 October and returned to San Diego on 12 November 1996. On 11 June 1998, CVW-14 moved from NAS Miramar, San Diego, to Naval Air Station Lemoore and deployed on for WESTPAC '98 where it participated in Operation Southern Watch and Maritime Interdiction Operations in the Persian Gulf. CVW-14 returned to NAS Lemoore on 7 December 1998. While deployed aboard Abraham Lincoln in May and June, CVW-14 participated to the Hawaiian operating area in Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC). In August 2000, CVW-14 deployed on WESTPAC 2000 during which the air wing executed over 1,400 combat sorties over Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch. CVW-14 returned to Lemoore on 8 February 2001. Global War on Terror In December 2001, CVW-14 participated in Operation Northern Edge off