"TIGER'S CLAW"
F-8C Crusader BuNo 146961 #103 / AK
USS INTREPID (CVS-11), CVW-10
Vietnam, September 9th, 1968. LT Athony Nargi
Fighter Squadron 162 (VF-162) "The Hunters"
Established on 1 September 1960 . disestablished on 29 January 1971
USS INTREPID (CVA 11), CVG-6 1960-1963 (operating F4D-1)
USS ORISKANY (CVA 34), CVW-16 1963-1969 (operating F-8A & F-8E)
USS TICONDEROGA (CVS 14), CVW-16 1969-1970 (operating F-8J)
USS SHANGRI-LA (CVS 38), CVW-8 1970 (operating F-8H)
FIGHTER SQUADRON 162 (VF-162) "The Hunters"
USS ORISKANY (CVA 34), CVW-16
Vietnam, Oct.9, 1966. Cdr Richard M. Bellinger shot down a MiG-21
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
Fighter Squadron THREE THREE (VF-33) “Starfighters”
Operation "Prairie Fire"
USS America (CV-66), CVW-1. March 1986
FIGHTER SQUADRON THIRTY TWO (VF-32) "Swordsmen"
USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN-75), CVW-3, 2003
FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHT FOUR
VF-84 "Vagabonds / Jolly Rogers"
USS Independence (CVA 62). CVG-7, 1962