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Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103), nicknamed the Jolly Rogers, is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established in 1952. VFA-103 flies the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and is based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia (US).
VF-84, Fighter Squadron 84 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established as VA-86 on 1 July 1955, it was immediately redesignated as VF-84 and was disestablished on 1 October 1995. It was the third US Navy squadron to be designated as VF-84. [1] The squadron was nicknamed the Jolly Rogers and was based at NAS Oceana.
Fighter Squadron 61 (VF-61), the Jolly Rogers, was a fighter squadron of the United States Navy. Originally established as VF-17 on 1 January 1943, it was redesignated as VF-5B on 15 November 1946, and then later as VF-61 on 28 July 1948. It was disestablished on 15 April 1959. It was the first navy squadron to be designated VF-17. [1]
VF-84 flew F4U Corsairs and was formed around a nucleus of veterans of VF-17, the Jolly Rogers. The new squadron's commanding officer was Lt. Cdr. Roger R. Hedrick, former executive officer of VF-17. [2] VF-84 was assigned to the USS Bunker Hill, which was the former home of VF-17.
The Naval Academy has chosen to honor the Jolly Rogers for its specialized uniform for the Dec. 14 Army-Navy Game. The Jolly Rogers were established in 1943 as a squadron of all Naval Aviation.
Second "Jolly Rogers" squadron, adopted name and insignia on 1 Apr 1960 following disestablishment of VF-61. ... United States Navy Reserve Squadron.
Ira Cassius Kepford (May 29, 1919 – January 19, 1987) was an American flying ace of World War II who served with a land-based unit of the United States Navy. In 76 days of combat flying with the VF-17 "Jolly Rogers," he was credited with shooting down 16 enemy aircraft. At the close of his combat service in April 1944, Kepford was the Navy's ...
The Jolly Roger raised in an illustration for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance "Paul Jones the Pirate", a British caricature of the late 18th century, is an early example of the Jolly Roger's skull-and-crossbones being transferred to a character's hat, in order to identify him as a pirate (typically a tricorne, or as in this ...