Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230807645
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)
Book Synopsis Strike Fighter Squadrons of the United States Navy by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Strike Fighter Squadrons of the United States Navy written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 131. Chapters: VF-1, VF-101, VF-111, VF-114, VF-121, VF-124, VF-133, VF-142, VF-191, VF-194, VF-202, VF-21, VF-24, VF-3, VF-301, VF-302, VF-33, VF-51, VF-61, VF-66, VF-73, VF-74, VF-84, VFA-102, VFA-103, VFA-105, VFA-106, VFA-11, VFA-113, VFA-115, VFA-122, VFA-125, VFA-131, VFA-132, VFA-136, VFA-137, VFA-14, VFA-143, VFA-146, VFA-147, VFA-15, VFA-151, VFA-154, VFA-192, VFA-195, VFA-2, VFA-201, VFA-204, VFA-211, VFA-213, VFA-22, VFA-25, VFA-27, VFA-31, VFA-32, VFA-34, VFA-37, VFA-41, VFA-81, VFA-82, VFA-83, VFA-86, VFA-87, VFA-94, VFA-97, VFAW-3. Excerpt: Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103), nicknamed the Jolly Rogers is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established in 1952. VFA-103 flies the F/A-18F Super Hornet and is based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia (USA). The squadron's radio callsign is Victory and it is assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven. VF-103 "Sluggers" original insignia.The original VF-103 squadron insignia was a cloverleaf, and the aircraft tailfins had a horizontal yellow arrow outlined in black. Later a stylized aircraft darting through the leaf was added, along with a baseball bat. The baseball stemmed from an early skipper who often carried one with him. In 1991, VF-103's aircraft used the squadron insignia for tail-art, in place of the bold arrow. When the Sluggers became the Jolly Rogers they adopted the famous white skull-and-crossbones. The Jolly Rogers have always displayed some of the most recognizable squadron markings in the world: sinister white skull-and-crossbones on all-black tails, with gold bands wrapped around the tip of the tail fins, and black bands with gold chevrons (known as vagabonds strips from the Crusader days of VF-84) run down the sides of the forward fuselage . Three distinct U.S. Naval Aviation squadrons have used the name and insignia of the Jolly Roger: VF-61...