"TIGER'S CLAW"
F-8C Crusader BuNo 146961 #103 / AK
USS INTREPID (CVS-11), CVW-10
Vietnam, September 9th, 1968. LT Athony Nargi
STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHT SEVEN (VFA-87) "Golden Warriors"
USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), CVW-8
Syrian AF Su-22, Pilot Lt Ali Fahed, shot down by AIM-120 AMRAAM missile on 18.6.2017
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
STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON 131 (VFA-131) "Wildcats"
USS Coral Sea (CV 43) / Carrier Air Wing 13 (CVW-13)
Operations Prairie Fire, / EL DORADO CANYON,
Attain Document I / II / III
Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-113) "Stingers"
USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) / Carrier Air Wing SEVENTEEN (CVW 17)
Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-113) "Stingers"
USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) / Carrier Air Wing SEVENTEEN (CVW 17)
Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192) "Golden Dragons"
USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) / Carrier Air Wing FIVE (CVW 5)
NAF ATSUGI, JAPAN
FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHT FOUR
VF-84 "Vagabonds / Jolly Rogers"
USS Independence (CVA 62). CVG-7, 1962