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VF-84 (1955–1995)
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. The squadron was nicknamed the ''Jolly Rogers'' and was based at NAS Oceana. It took the number but not the lineage of VF-84 the "Wolf Gang" and the insignia of VF-61 the ''Jolly Rogers''.Barrett Tillman, Tillman, Barrett, ''U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II'', pp. 100–01. Specialty Press (North Branch, MN. 1997). . Related squadrons Five distinct U.S. Naval Aviation squadrons have used either the designation ''VF-84'' or the name and insignia of the Jolly Roger: VF-61, VF-17/VF-5B/VF-61 ''Jolly Rogers'', VFA-86, VF-84 (1953–5), VF-84 ''Vagabonds''/''Jolly Rogers'', and VFA-103, VF-103/VFA-103 ''Jolly Rogers''. These are all distinctly different squadrons that have no lineal linkage. Three of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighter Aircraft
Fighter aircraft (early on also ''pursuit aircraft'') are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air supremacy, air superiority of the battlespace. Domination of the airspace above a battlefield permits bombers and attack aircraft to engage in tactical bombing, tactical and strategic bombing of enemy targets, and helps prevent the enemy from doing the same. The key performance features of a fighter include not only its firepower but also its high speed and maneuverability relative to the target aircraft. The success or failure of a combatant's efforts to gain air superiority hinges on several factors including the skill of its pilots, the tactical soundness of its doctrine for deploying its fighters, and the numbers and performance of those fighters. Many modern fighter aircraft also have secondary capabilities such as ground-attack aircraft, ground attack and some types, such as fighter-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
