"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"
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 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 EIGHT FOUR
VF-84 "Vagabonds / Jolly Rogers"
USS Independence (CVA 62). CVG-7, 1962
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE (VF-1) "Wolfpack"
USS RANGER (CV-60). January 1991
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD . OPERATION DESERT STORM
Pilot Lt. Stuart “Meat” Broce . RIO Cdr. Ron “Bongo” McElraft
Fighter Squadron FOUR ONE (VF-41) “Black Aces”
USS Nimitz (CVN-68), August 1981
LARAF Su-22 “Fitter” downed by Pilot Lt. Larry “Music” Muczynsky / RIO Lt. James Andersons on 19 August 1981
FIGHTER SQUADRON THIRTY ONE (VF-31) "Tomcatters"
1970 - 2006 * LAST CAT STANDING *
USS Roosevelt (CVN-71), CVW-8, 2006
FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE ELEVEN (VF-111) "Sundowners"
USS Intrepid (CVS-11), CVW-10
Vietnam, June 4th, 1968 . February 8th, 1969
Pilot Lt Anthony Nargi, shot down a MiG-21 on Sep. 9th, 1968