VA-76 "Spirits" Attack Squadron 76
USS FORRESTAL (CVA 59), CVG-1. 1957
VF-123 "The Blue Racers"
USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV 47), ATG-2. 1955
VF-51 "Screaming Eagles"
USS VALLEY FORGE (CV 45), CVG-5
Pilot LTJG LEONARD HOWARD PLOG
3d July 1950 shot down North Korean YAK-9
VF-51 "Screaming Eagles"
USS VALLEY FORGE (CV 45), CVG-5
Pilot LTJG LEONARD HOWARD PLOG
3d July 1950 shot down North Korean YAK-9
LUFTWAFFE . GERMAN AIR FORCE
Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen"
Ahlhorn, West Germany. 1961
FIGHTER SQUADRON 33 (VF-33) "The Tarsiers"
USS Lake Champlain (CVA 39), 1956
Fighting EIGHT FOUR (VF-84) “The Jolly Rogers“
USS NIMITZ (CVN-68), CVW-8, 1977
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE ELEVEN (VF-111) "Sundowners"
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), CVW-15, 1989
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE ELEVEN (VF-111) "Sundowners"
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), CVW-15, 1989
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE HUNDRED TWO (VF-102) "Diamondbacks”
USS AMERICA (CV 66), CVW-1. 1986
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE ZERO THREE (VF-103) “Sluggers”
USS SARATOGA (CV 60), CVW-17. 1985
FIGHTER SQUADRON THIRTY TWO (VF-32) "Swordsmen"
USS John F Kennedy (CV 67), CVW-3
Crew Pilot Lt. Herman “Munster” Cook III / RIO Cdr. Steven Collins
4 January 1989. Shot down libyan Mig-23