 From April through December 1980, the air wing embarked for an Indian Ocean deployment in support of operations to rescue the hostages in Tehran, following in September and October by NATO exercises in the North Atlantic.From January to July 1982, Air Wing Seven embarked for a Mediterranean deployment which included support for the evacuation of Americans from Lebanon.In April 1983, the IKE/CVW-7 team began another Mediterranean deployment that included the first over water night intercept for an F-14, multiple Carrier Battle Group operations with USS "Independence" and , and support of the Multi-national Peace Keeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon.