F/A-18C Operational History

[ColGray]

Hello All,

I was working on a historical review of CVW-5's deployment to the Persian Gulf for Operation Iraqi Freedom, particularly CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk and VF-154 Black Knights, VFA-27 Royal Maces, and VFA-195 DamBusters. I am focusing on these three squadrons to try to understand how the F-14A and the F/A-18C worked together in specific missions. My question to you is if there is a place that I cannot find that lists the load outs of the hornet used in this time period as well as what missions were flown specifically. I ask about the Hornet because I can find that the Tomcat hit Al-Hurriyah with one of the first JDAMs dropped by a TARPS equipped Super Tomcat, and that tomcats dropped 4 Mk.82s on Saddams Yacht Al-Mansur, sinking the vessel. However I cannot find any information close to this specific on the Hornet anywhere. Once again I am looking for missions flown by the maces and dambusters from January 2003 to September 2003 yet the only thing I've found is that they were there onboard the Kitty Hawk and the Dambusters lost an aircraft due to friendly fire. If anyone has a website that has squadron history with sorties flown or an operational history of the hornet over that time period please do share. Thank you.