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Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), also known as the "Stingers," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. They are an operational fleet F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron attached to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) and based at NAS Lemoore , California.
[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]
113 Squadron or 113th Squadron may refer to: 113 Squadron (Israel), a unit of the Israeli Air Force; No. 113 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force; VFA-113 (Strike Fighter Squadron 113), a unit of the United States Navy; VMF-113 (Marine Fighter Squadron 113), a unit of the United States Marine Corps
The tables below cover every one of the 280 squadrons listed in the U.S. Navy's two-volume Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons (DANAS). [a] Volume 1 covers every squadron in the Attack (VA) and Strike Fighter (VFA) communities from 1935 to 1995. [1]
On 26 August 1993, the last A-4 left the squadron. Starting in September, the squadron transitioned to the F/A-18 Hornet. [4] In April 1996, VFC-13 transferred to NAS Fallon and made the transition to the F-5E Tiger II. [1] It took over the adversary mission from VFA-45 and VFA-127. [5]
Carrier Strike Group One (CSG-1 or CARSTRKGRU 1) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the strike group's current flagship, and other units currently assigned are the ship's Carrier Air Wing 2 and embarked Destroyer Squadron 1, deployed with Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain, as well as Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS ...
VFA-113 Stingers F/A-18C (N) Hornet Night Attack Hornet VA-196 Main Battery A-6E SWIP Intruder Disestablished 28 Feb 1997 Last Pacific Fleet A-6 Intruder Squadron [56] VAQ-139 Cougars EA-6B Prowler VS-35 Blue Wolves S-3B Viking VAW-113 Black Eagles E-2C Hawkeye HS-4 Black Knights SH-60F/HH-60H Oceanhawk VQ-5 Sea Shadows Det.D ES-3A Shadow
A gust of wind carries three Goodyear ZNP-K airships, all of ZP-22, out into the night; K-56, BuNo 30178, travels 4.5 miles (7.2 km), crashes into trees, K-57, BuNo 30179, explodes and burns 4 miles (6.4 km) from the air station, K-62, BuNo 30184, fetches up against high-tension powerlines a quarter mile away, burns.