Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
VMFA-232 deployed from MCAS Kaneohe Bay to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in September 1982 as part of the Unit Deployment Program. During this deployment the squadron also conducted operations from Kadena Air Base and Naval Air Station Cubi Point in the Philippines while also flying combat air patrols with aircraft from the USS Midway (CV-41) and USS Constellation (CV-64). The squadron returned to Hawaii in March 1982.