Imperial Japanese Army . 大日本帝国陸軍航空
第一飛行戦隊
On the evening of 26 June 1939 Sgt Maj Mitsuyoshi Tarui and Cpl Shinji Arai on their Ki-27 were bounced by a large force of I-16 fighters, but quickly managed to turn the tables. With the help of Lt Fujio Honma who came to their rescue, they amnaged to shoot down two aircraft each before making their escape unharmed.
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE TWO SIX (VF-126) "Bandits"
NAS Miramar, California. 1992
Discovery Air Defence Services
Decimomannu - Wittmund, 2016
"Last Out. Ciao Sardegna, Good Bye Deci!"
Discovery Air Defence Services
Wittmundhafen, Germany. 2016
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE TWO SIX (VF-126) "Bandits"
NAS Miramar, California. 1988
AIR TEST AND EVALUATION SQUADRON FOUR (VX-4) "The Evaluators"
Pacific Missle Test Center Point Mugu, 1974
ATTACK SQUADRON TWO FOURTEEN (VMA-214) "Black Sheep"
Iwakuni, Japan. Late '70s
ADVERSARY
Fighter Squadron Composite Twelve (VFC-12) "The Fighting Omars"
NAS Oceana, April 1991
ATTACK SQUADRON TWELVE (VA-12) "Flying Ubangis / Kiss of death"
USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) / NAF Atsugi, Japan 1970
ATTACK SQUADRON SEVEN SIX (VA-76) "Spirits"
USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31). May 1st,1967
piloted by LCDR Ted "T.R." Swartz / shot down a MiG-17 on 1 May 1967