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INDEPENDENCE changed homeports again on September 11, 1991 - - this time toYokosuka, Japan, embarking CarrierAir Wing FIVE and becoming the Navy's only forward deployed aircraft carrier and flagship for Commander, Carrier Group FIVE. The ship again deployed to the Ara- bian Gulf in mid-1992 and started the SDUTHERN WATCH operation, a mul- tinational mission to monitor Iraqi com- pliance with the U.N.-established no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel. 0nAugust 27, 1992, aircraft from embarked carrierAir Wing FIVE began flying round-the-clock missions in support of the operation. CAPTR.Y.McElroy,INDEPENDENCE'sflrstcommanding officer from January 10 - October 3, 1959. The only alrcraft carrier to participate twice in OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, INDEPENDENCE ls shown underway In th In March 1994, the I-5 Team of INDEPENDENCE and CarrierAir Wing FIVE returned to Japan after successfully completing another deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Today, more than thirty-five years since INDEPENDENCE's commis- sioning, she continues to stand in defiance of tyranny, in defense of life, liberty, and our nation's happiness -- all while being 35 Iiears Young. INDEPENDENCE HISTORY 11

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