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VFA-87 made a single deployment aboard USS George H. W. Bush from January to August 2017. During this desployment, Lieutenant Commander Michael Tremel, flying a VFA-87 F/A-18E shot down a Syrian Su-22 after multiple observed ROE violations on 18 June 2017. The Su-22 had been bombing US-backed forces fighting the Islamic State.
VFA-87 Golden Warriors: F/A-18A Hornet VA-36 Roadrunners: A-6E TRAM Intruder VA-65 Tigers: A-6E TRAM Intruder This was VA-65's last deployment before retirement in 1993. VAQ-141 Shadowhawks: EA-6B Prowler VS-24 Scouts: S-3B Viking VAW-124 Bear Aces: E-2C Hawkeye HS-9 Sea Griffins: SH-3H Sea King VRC-40 Rawhides Detachment D: C-2A Greyhounds
A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A from VFA-87 dropping Mk 82 bombs during a sortie in the 1991 Gulf War. The U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) underway, probably during the 1991 Gulf War in the Red Sea.
VFA-87 Strike Fighter Squadron 87: Golden Warriors F/A-18E Super Hornet: VFA-213 ... The deployment began with detachments in Tunisia, Corsica, and Israel, as well as ...
On 6 October 2005, the group began air operations over Iraq, with fighter squadrons VF-213 and VF-31, along with the strike fighter squadrons VFA-87 and VFA-15, attacking insurgent targets. [44] Electronic Attack Squadron 141 (VAQ-141) operated from Al Asad, Iraq, from 24 September to 6 October 2005, flying 37 combat sorties. VAW-124, VS-24 ...
Normal deployments last about six to eight months. Cmdr. Jason Hoch, commanding officer of VFA-32, praised the squadron’s performance in “incredibly demanding conditions” during the deployment.
Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy, based at Naval Air Station Oceana. The squadron was in service from 1 August 1968 to 31 May 2017, although the squadron had adopted the traditions of the first VA-15 , which was established on 10 January 1942.
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.