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A month later, VF-154 was redesignated VFA-154 at its new home at NAS Lemoore, California, and began transitioning to the Navy's newest strike fighter, the F/A-18F Super Hornet. The squadron completed its first Super Hornet cruise in the summer of 2005 aboard USS Carl Vinson , part of Carrier Air Wing 9 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
One highlight of the 2011 WESTPAC deployment occurred on 18 April 2011 when Captain Kevin "Nix" Mannix made his 1,000th arrested landing when he landed his F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 154 on the flight deck of Ronald Reagan. Captain Mannix was the deputy commander of Carrier Air Wing 14. [10]
VFA-151 Vigilantes F/A-18E Super Hornet: Carrier Air Wing Nine: Commander, Strike Fighter Wing Pacific (COMSTRKFIGHTWINGPAC) Strike Fighter Squadron 154: VFA-154 Black Knights F/A-18F Super Hornet: Carrier Air Wing Eleven: Commander, Strike Fighter Wing Pacific (COMSTRKFIGHTWINGPAC) Strike Fighter Squadron 192: VFA-192 World Famous Golden Dragons
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-151: 1 Jun 1986–present: Homeport NAS Lemoore: VFA-154: Black Knights F/A-18F: Commander, Carrier Air Wing Eleven: Commander, Strike Fighter Wing Pacific: VF-837: 1 Feb 1951-4 Feb 1953 VF-154: 4 Feb 1953-1 Oct 2003 VFA-154: 1 Oct 2003–present: Homeport NAS Lemoore USNR VF-837 activated on 1 Feb 1951 for the Korean War VFA-192: Golden ...
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The air wing participated in strikes during the last day of the operation, VF-213 delivered four GBU-24s with 100% accuracy (first combat use of the F-14D), VFA-22 and VFA-94 F/A-18s scored direct hits with eight GBU-16, while EA-6Bs from VAQ-135 and F/A-18s from VFA-97 provided AGM-88 support during the strike. [8]