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US Navy - Strike Fighter Squadron 106
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 F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - July 2024  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - July 2024  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at Columbus Air Show, Ohio - June 2024  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at Columbus Air Show, Ohio - June 2024  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - June 2024  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - June 2024  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana Air Show, Virginia - September 2023  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - June 2023  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - March 2023  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - February 2023  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - February 2023  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Key West, Florida - November 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - September 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - September 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana Air Show, Virginia - September 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana Air Show, Virginia - September 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - August 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - August 2022  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - August 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - June 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - June 2022  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - September 2021  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - November 2020  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - October 2020  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - October 2020  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - September 2020  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - May 2020  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - May 2020  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - March 2020  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) - March 2020  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - February 2020  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - November 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - November 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - November 2019  official final active-duty flight of the last F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - October 2019  official final active-duty flight of the last F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - October 2019  official final active-duty flight of the last F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - October 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at MacDill AFB, Florida - October 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at MacDill AFB, Florida - October 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at MacDill AFB, Florida - October 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana Air Show - September 2019  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - April 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - April 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet at Louisville ANGB, Kentucky - April 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet at Louisville ANGB, Kentucky - April 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - April 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - April 2019  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - November 2018  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - September 2018  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - April 2018  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2017  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2017  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2017  F/A-18F Super Hornet at Kingsley Field ANGB, Klamath Falls, Oregon - July 2017  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - April 2017  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - March 2017  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - February 2017  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - February 2017  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - February 2017  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - February 2017  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - February 2017  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) - November 2016  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) - November 2016  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) - November 2016  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - August 2016  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) - June 2016  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) - June 2016  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) - May 2016  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - April 2016  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - January 2016  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho - December 2015  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - August 2015  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - August 2015  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - August 2015  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - June 2015  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Key West, Florida - March 2015  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - February 2015  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - February 2015  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - February 2015  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - November 2014  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - October 2014  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - June 2014  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) was transferred to the Blue Angels at NAS Pensacola, Florida - July 2013  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - June 2013  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - April 2013  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - April 2013  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - April 2013  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - April 2013  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - April 2013  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - April 2013  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - April 2013  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - June 2012  Firefighting foam covers the scene of a crash of an F/A-18D Hornet assigned to VFA-106, April 6, 2012. Initial reports indicate that at approximately 12:05 p.m., the jet crashed just after takeoff at an apartment complex in Virginia Beach. Both air crew safely ejected from the aircraft and are being treated at a local hospital.   F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - September 2011  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - August 2011  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2011  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2011  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2011  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2011  F/A-18C Hornet, 313 and F/A-18E Super Hornet, 121 (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2011  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - July 2011  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - December 2010  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - October 2010  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - September 2010  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) - General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofan engine maintenance aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - August 2010  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) - General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofan engine maintenance aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - August 2010  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) - aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - June 2010  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - March 2010  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - March 2010  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - June 2009  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - March 2009  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) - February 2009  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - June 2008  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - June 2007  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - June 2007  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - June 2007  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - October 2006  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - October 2006  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - August 2006  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - June 2006  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - June 2006  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - May 2006  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) - September 2005  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - September 2005  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - July 2005  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - July 2005  F/A-18C Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - July 2005  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - July 2005  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - March 2005  F/A-18F Super Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - January 2005  F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Oceana, Virginia - September 2004  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - November 2003  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - August 2003  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - October 2000  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) - November 1995  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - March 1994  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - March 1994  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - March 1994  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-106) - October 1993  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) - September 1993  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) at NAS Norfolk, Virginia - July 1993  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) at NAF Andrews, Maryland - February 1993  F/A-18D Hornet (VFA-106) at NAF Andrews, Maryland - February 1993  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-106) at NAF Andrews, Maryland - February 1993  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-106) at NAF Andrews, Maryland - February 1993  F/A-18C Hornet, 303 (VFA-106) at NAS Fallon, Nevada - February 1988  F/A-18B Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - October 1987  F/A-18B Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - October 1987  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - October 1987  F/A-18B Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - September 1987  F/A-18B Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - September 1987  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - September 1987  F/A-18B Hornet (VFA-106) - April 1987  F/A-18B Hornet (VFA-106) - April 1987  F/A-18B Hornet (VFA-106) - March 1987  F/A-18A Hornet (VFA-106) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - March 1987  F/A-18A and B Hornets (VFA-106) - January 1987 |
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Strike-Fighter Squadron ONE ZERO SIX began as Bomber-Fighter
Squadron 17 (VBF-17) at Agana Air Field, Guam on January 11, 1945.
One month later, flying F6F-5 Hellcats, VBF-17 embarked onboard USS
HORNET (CV 12) to participate in combat operations against the
Japanese. Operations included strikes against Tokyo, Iwo Jima, and
Okinawa as well as the first major air strikes against the islands
of Kyushu and Shikoku. In late 1946 the squadron moved to NAS Norfolk, VA, was redesignated as Fighter Squadron Six Baker (VF-6B) and began flying the F4U-4 Corsair. Redesignated again in July 1948 as Fighter Squadron 62 (VF-62), the squadron transitioned to F8F Bearcat aircraft. In August 1950 the squadron received F2H Banshee aircraft and moved to NAS Cecil Field, FL. VF-62 officially became the “Gladiators” on April 16, 1952. Combat action in the Korean Conflict came in 1953 from the USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CVA-39) when the Gladiators were tasked with striking key bridges on the Korean mainland. The squadron was redesignated as Attack Squadron 106 (VA-106) in March 1955 and received F9F-8B Cougar aircraft later that year. In June 1958 the transition was made to Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawks. During the ensuing peaceful years the Gladiators participated in various Atlantic Fleet exercises and numerous Mediterranean cruises onboard USS ESSEX (CVA 9), USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA 38) and USS SARATOGA (CVA 60). These years of training concluded on July 17, 1967 as the Gladiators launched into combat over Vietnam from the deck of the USS FORRESTAL (CVA 59). VA-106 returned home in September 1967 for a brief turnaround prior to deploying onboard USS INTREPID (CVA 62) in June 1968. The Gladiators remained on station flying combat missions into Vietnam for over 6 months before returning home in February 1969. The squadron was subsequently decommissioned on November 7, 1969. Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106) was commissioned at NAS Cecil Field on April 27, 1984, flying the Navy's newest tactical aircraft, the F/A-18 Hornet. In the summer of 1999 VFA-106 moved from NAS Cecil Field to NAS Oceana, VA. As the East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron, the Gladiators’ mission is to train F/A-18 Replacement Aircrew to support fleet commitments. Every 6 weeks a class of between 8-12 newly-winged Navy and Marine Corps Aircrew begins the 9 month training course in which they will learn the basics of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions culminating in day/night carrier qualification and subsequent assignment to a fleet Hornet squadron. There are approximately 1200 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, as well as foreign instructors and students (from countries such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Germany) assigned to VFA-106. VFA-106 typically has 90+ F/A-18s of various models assigned. There is a permanent VFA-106 Detachment in Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, where the squadron often deploys for fighter training. The squadron often detaches 12 aircraft to Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada and Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, as well as various aircraft carriers for carrier qualifications (CQ). |
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