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Fighter Squadron 11 or VF-11 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy.It was originally established as VF-5 on 1 February 1927, redesignated as VF-5S on 1 July 1927, redesignated as VF-5B in January 1928, redesignated VB-1B on 1 July 1928, redesignated VF-5B on 1 July 1930, redesignated VF-5S in July 1932, redesignated VF-5B in April 1933, redesignated VF-4 on 1 July 1937, redesignated ...
During May 1991, VF-11 and other CVW-6 squadrons on the Forrestal participated in Operation Provide Comfort, flying missions over northern Iraq in support of the Kurdish relief effort. [8] In January 1992, VF-11 and VF-31 moved to NAS Miramar and transitioned to the F-14D Tomcat. VF-11's F-14As were transferred to VF-24 and VF-211.
CVGs were numbered sequentially beginning with CVG-1 and each had three VF squadrons assigned which were numbered sequentially by using the CVG number followed by a single digit, so CVG-1's VF squadrons were designated VF-11, VF-12 and VF-13 and CVG-11's VF squadrons were designated VF-111, VF-112 and VF-113 etc...
The original VF-11 was established as VF-5 "Red Rippers" on 1 February 1927 and disestablished on 15 February 1959. VF-43 was then redesignated VF-11 on 16 February 1959 and carried on the insignia and traditions of the old "Red Ripper" squadron, although the U.S. Navy does not officially recognize this.
17365 Thymbraeus (provisional designation 1978 VF 11) is a Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, which is located in Jupiter's trailing L 5 Lagrangian point. Background [ edit ]
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Flying the McDonnell F2H-4 Banshee, he led VF-11 to top honors in toss bombing during the annual fleet competition in 1956. All fourteen VF-11 pilots received the Navy's Battle Effectiveness Award for precision accuracy with this unusual and difficult technique used to deliver nuclear weapons. With this award, VF-11 became the first Atlantic ...
The pilots of VF-11 were most proud of the fact that no VB-11 or VT-11 aircraft were lost to enemy fighter planes. Their top ace was Charles R. Stimpson with 16 victories. By the end of January 1945 the pilots and aircrews of Air Group Eleven claimed the following: 105 enemy planes shot down, 272 planes destroyed on the ground, over 100,000 ...