 In January 1989 two CVW-3 F-14 Tomcats shot down two hostile Libyan MIG-23 fighters over international waters in the Central Mediterranean.In August 1990, CVW-3 and "John F. Kennedy" departed on a no-notice Mediterranean/Red Sea deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield, and air crews later flew combat sorties in association with Operation Desert Storm against Iraq.In 1994–95, CVW-3 made a single deployment aboard to the Mediterranean Sea.