 In 1975 on board USS "John F. Kennedy", CVW-1 introduced the Navy's newest tactical aircraft, the F-14A Tomcat and the S-3A Viking, to the Mediterranean.CVW-1 was assigned to USS "America" in mid-1982, forming a partnership which ended with the ship's decommissioning in August 1996.During that time, the USS America/CVW-1 team conducted combat operations during the attack on Libya in 1986.