voyage home when they were ordered to remain on station due to hostilities with Iran. The Strike Group was again extended due to COVID-19, finally returning to homeport in Norfolk, VA in June 2020 after spending nearly four months straight without a port visit, two months of which were off the eastern coast of the United States. In 2021, the Knighthawks were reassigned to Carrier Air Wing 7 on the . See also List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons Naval aviation Modern US Navy carrier air operations List of Inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons References External links Official VFA-136 Knighthawks web site Strike fighter squadrons of the United States Navy Military units and formations in Virginia