USS Saratoga Fate

[Rainbow Six]

A snippet I just came across skimming through the Med Cruise Module...(page 16)

Gibraltar was the base from which NATO launched the convoy in support of Turkey in June 1997, and was the base from which the carriers operated when retaliatory air strikes were launched against Greece after that convoy was attacked of Izmir

Same page confirms that most Naval vessels survived the nuclear strike on Gib

Most of the Naval vessels had enough warning of the strike to get out of harm's way

The air strikes on Greece took place on 29 June 1997 and the module references carriers (plural), so that suggests there were at least two Carriers (not neccessarily US) active in the Med several weeks after the battles of the Kola Pensinsula in early June 1997. Given Kiltedguard's (are you a Scotsman by the way? ) statement about the Saratoga's duty station it's possible Saratoga was one of those two.