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A VF-14 F-3B on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1962–63. In 1951 and 1952 VF-14 made two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the modernized USS Wasp, still flying the F4U Corsair. In 1953, they deployed in USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) on another Med cruise with Air Task Group (ATG-201), (which included VF-11, VA-12, VF-13, AND ...
F-14A Tomcats of VF-1 in flight in 1970s. The Tomcat made its combat debut during Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of American citizens from Saigon, in April 1975.F-14As from Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) and VF-2, operating from USS Enterprise, flew combat air patrols over South Vietnam to provide fighter cover for the evacuation route.
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.
F-14: VF-1(5th): 14 Oct 1972 – 30 Sep 1993: VF-1 (5th) 30 September 1993 One of two squadrons established to be the first to operate the new F-14A Tomcat VF-2 (1972-2003) (fifth use) Bounty Hunters F-14: VF-2(5th): 14 October 1972 – 1 Jul 2003 VFA-2: 1 Jul 2003–present VFA-2 Not applicable, still exists
VF-1 received the first F-14A's on 1 July 1973. The squadron's insignia was a red wolf's head designed by Grumman Commercial Artist, George M. Kehew, who himself is a World War II combat veteran. The squadron insignia is registered in the U.S. Library of Congress. VF-1 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) aboard USS Enterprise. Their ...
The Skull & Crossbones Squadron: VF-17 in World War II. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998. ISBN 0-7643-0475-5. Holmes, Tony. US Navy F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2005. Tillman, Barrett. U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II. Specialty Press, 1997.
In October 1972, Miramar welcomed the F-14 Tomcat and fighter squadron VF-124, a former Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) tasked with the mission to train new Tomcat crews. Formerly, VF-124 had been training pilots in the F-8 Crusader. That task was handed over to Light Photographic Squadron 63 (VFP-63) that then became "Crusader College" The ...
In 1974, VF-32 switched to the F-14 Tomcat at NAS Miramar before moving to NAS Oceana as one of the first fleet Tomcat squadrons based there. VF-32 made the first Atlantic Fleet F-14 deployment in June 1975. On that cruise, VF-32 was awarded the Joseph Clifton Award as the Navy's top fighter squadron. [2]