Carrier Air Wing 8 arrived at Oceana NAS on Wednesday, May 28th after a five-month deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Even though the weather was occasionally threatening, squadrons VF-213, VFA-15 and VFA-87 were greeted with an warm, enthusiastic welcome from friends and family.

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Operation Iraqi Freedom Stats
Sorties:
Scheduled: 7,214
Flown: 6,960
Completion Rate: 96.4%

Hours Flown
Day: 8,117.1
Night: 7,876.8
Total: 15,993.9

Traps
Day: 4,186
Night: 2,882
Total: 7,026

Combat Sorties
Scheduled: 1,003
Flown: 1,002
Completetion Rate: 99.9%

Combat Hours Flown
Day: 1,249
Night: 3,768.7 (75.1%)
Total: 5,017.7

Combat Ordnance Dropped:
1,043,712 lbs.


CVW-8 2006 Homecoming


VF-213


VF-213


VF-213


VF-213


VF-213


VF-213


VFA-87


VFA-87


VFA-87


VFA-87


VFA-87


VFA-87


VFA-15


Passing Storm


VFA-15


VFA-15


VFA-15