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31 Jul –__ Aug 1995 Although not an aircraft carrier per se (it is referred to as an amphibious landing ship), the visit by the Kearsarge marked the first time since the expulsion of NATO in 1971 by a Labour government that a US military vessel, capable of launching and recovering aircraft, entered Grand Harbour.
| AIRCRAFT | SQUADRON | SERIAL/S | NOTES | | B/V CH-46E | HMM-263/EG'Thunder Chickens' | 157668/EG-01, 153372/EG-02, 155306/EG-03, 153981/EG-04, 153992/EG-05, 156469/EG-06, 154801/EG-07, 153368/EG-10, 153975/EG-11, 157667/EG-12, 156418/EG-13, 153999/EG-14 | US Marine Corps | | B/V HH-46E | HC-6/HW Detachment 5 'Chargers' | 150271/HW-01, 152520/HW-04 | US Navy | | B. AH-1 Super Cobra | HMLA-269/HF'Sea Cobras' | 160814/EG-40, 163924/EG-41, 160817/EG-42, 163932/EG-43 | US Marine Corps | | B. UH-1N | HMLA-269/HF 'Sea Cobras' | 160440/EG-30, 160459/EG-31, 160460/EG-32 | US Marine Corps | | McD Harrier II AV-8B Plus | VMA-231/’Ace of Spades' | 163682/EG-50, 163201/EG-51, 163687/EG-52, 163852/EG-53, 163665/EG-54, 163189/EG-55 | US Marine Corps | | Si. CH-53E Super Stallion | HMH-464/EN 'Condors' | 161260/EG-20, 162001/EG-21, 161998/EG-22, 162517/EG-23 | US Marine Corps |
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23-28 January 1996 | AIRCRAFT | SQUADRON | SERIAL/S | NOTES | | | | | No aircraft details are available for the time being. |
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27-31 August 2001 Aircraft marked with an asterisk (*) had KFOR titles.
| AIRCRAFT | SQUADRON | SERIAL/S | NOTES | | B/V HH-46D | HC-8 'Dragonwhales' | 151950/BR-16, 152613/BR-62 | US Navy | | B/V CH-46D | HMM-266 'Griffins' | 153318/ES-00, 153974/ES-01, 154005/ES-02, 156453/ES-03, 157706/ES-04, 154851/ES-05, 155304/ES-06, 157660/ES-07, 157710/ES-11, 157665/ES-12, 154038/ES-13, 156472/ES-14, 159150/ES-16 | US Marine Corps | | B. AH-1 Sea Cobra | HMLA-167 | 160742/ES-34, 160804/ES-36 *, 160816/ES-30 *, 160822/ES-31 *, 161 01g/ES-33 *, 165317/ES-32 * | US Marine Corps | | B. UH-1N | HMLA-167 | 159195/ES-40, 159186/ES-41, 158280/ES-42 | US Marine Corps | | Si. CH-53E Super Stallion | HMH-461 'Sea Stallions' | 161183/ES-20, 161252/ES-21, 161258/ES-22, 162492/ES-23 | US Marine Corps |
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03-__ June 2003
According to press reports, the visit was cancelled as the ship was re-routed to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aquaba, to provide level-two medical facility for President Bush, who was visiting Egypt and Jordan.
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15 – __ August 2007
The Kearsarge was in Malta for a three day visit, so sailing date should have been the 18th.
Squadrons carried were HMM-261, HMH-461 Det., HML/A-269 Det., VMA-223 Det. and HSC-22 Det. 1.
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