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Strike Fighter Squadron 146 (VFA-146) also known as the "Blue Diamonds" is a United States Navy operational fleet strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore California. They fly the F/A-18E Super Hornet and are attached to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW 17), deployed aboard USS Nimitz .
CVW-9 squadrons embarked on board the Carl Vinson for the deployment included VMFA-323, VFA-154, VFA-147, VFA-146, VAQ-138, VAW-112, VS-33, HS-8 and Detachment 4 of Fleet VRC-40. [4] [5] During the deployment, the air wing logged 2,600 flight hours by its four F-18 strike-fighter squadrons.
VFA-143: 27 Apr 2006–present: Homeport NAS Oceana USNR squadron VF-871 activated on 20 Jul 1950 for the Korean War VFA-146: Blue Diamonds F/A-18E: Commander, Carrier Air Wing Seventeen: Commander, Strike Fighter Wing Pacific: VA-146: 1 Feb 1956-21 Jul 1989 VFA-146: 21 Jul 1989–present: Homeport NAS Lemoore: VFA-147: Argonauts F-35C
A deputy CAG (DCAG) position was also created in 1986. Initially filled by a junior captain who had recently completed his (or her) squadron command tour, the position is now filled by a senior captain who "fleets up" and replaces the out-going CAG after about 18 months for a total DCAG-CAG tour duration of 36 months. [12]
CVW-17's aircraft dropped 1,800 tons of ordnance, but lost an F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81, a F-14A Tomcat from VF-103, and an A-6E Intruder from VA-35. During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm , CVW-17 comprised the following squadrons: VAQ-132 Scorpions, VF-74 Be-Devilers , VF-103 Sluggers , HS-3 Tridents , VFA-81 Sunliners , VFA-83 ...
[a] Volume 1 covers every squadron in the Attack (VA) and Strike Fighter (VFA) communities from 1935 to 1995. [1] Volume 2 covers every squadron in the Patrol (VP) community from 1922 through 1996. [2] You can see any squadron's DANAS article by following the link to the cited reference and scrolling down to the appropriate page. You can see ...
CVW-14 squadrons VFA-22, VFA-25, VFA-113, and VFA-115 were the first to deploy with F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters equipped with the Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) system that allows ground forces, such as Joint terminal attack controllers (JTAC), to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time ...
F/A-18C from VFA-147 over Iraq (27 March 2005) In total, the group launched more than 6,500 sorties, totaling more than 20,000 flight hours, in support of Multi-National Force - Iraq troops and various maritime interdiction operations, including 2,600 flight hours logged by its four F/A-18 strike-fighter squadrons.