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Strike Fighter Squadron 34 (VFA-34), also known as the "Blue Blasters", is a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 11 and are attached to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Their tail code is NH and their radio call sign is "Joker".
VFA-32: 1 Aug 2006–present: Homeport NAS Oceana: VFA-34: Blue Blasters F/A-18E: Commander, Carrier Air Wing Eleven: Commander, Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic: VA-34(3rd): 1 Jan 1970-30 Aug 1996 VFA-34: 30 Aug 1996–present: Homeport NAS Oceana Was the last active component F/A-18C Hornet squadron. Began transition to F/A-18E in Feb 2019 VFA-37 ...
VA-34 — Blue Blasters. Established 1970. Redesignated VFA-34 in 1996, flying F/A-18C Hornets. Based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. VA-35 — Black Panthers. Callsign: "Raygun." Transitioned from the A-1 Skyraider in 1965. Based at NAS Oceana.
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A McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-34 failed to return to USS George Washington from a night at sea bombing mission and crashed into Adriatic Sea. Pilot was killed. 12 November A Swiss Air Force PC-7 crashed at Bonaduz after a collision with a cable from the Rhäzuns-Feldis funicular, causing the death of both pilots. [52]
Carrier Air Wing 2 - Tail Code: NE; 2 November 2002 – 2 June 2003 (Operation Iraqi Freedom) [79] Squadron Aircraft Notes VF-2 Bounty Hunters F-14D Super Tomcat VF-2 redesignated VFA-2 on 1 July 2003. VFA-151 Viginlantes F/A-18C (N) Hornet Night Attack Hornet VFA-137 Kestrels F/A-18C (N) Hornet Night Attack Hornet VMFA-323 Death Rattlers
[6] [8] [9] Between 24–31 March 2006, during Foal Eagle 2006 exercises, strike squadrons VFA-2, VFA-34, VFA-137, and VFA-151 from Carrier Air Wing Two teamed with U.S. Air Force aircraft from the 18th Wing based at Kadena Air Base to provide combat air patrols and coordinated bombing runs via the exercise's Combined Air Operations Center. [10]
VA-34, nicknamed the Blue Blasters, was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Fighter Squadron VF-20 on 15 October 1943, redesignated as VF-9A on 15 November 1946, as VF-91 on 12 August 1948, and as VF-34 on 15 February 1950. It was finally redesignated VA-34 on 1 July 1955. The squadron was disestablished on 1 ...