VFA-102

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  • VF-102 established NAS Jacksonville flying the F2H Banshee

    Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), established NAS Jacksonville flying the F2H Banshee

  • Transitioned to the F4D Skyray

  • Transitioned to the F-4 Phantom

  • Won COMNAVAIRLANT Battle “E”

  • Inaugural cruise aboard USS Randolph

  • Won the COMNAVAIRLANT Battle “E”

  • Vietnam Combat operations

  • Recovery of aircraft debris from TWA Flight 841

  • Air cover operations during the Yom Kippur War

  • Transitioned to the F-14A Tomcat

  • Two VF-102 Tomcats in Somalia were fired upon by an SA-2 SAM site and AAA

  • First to be fired on by a Libyan SA-5 and AAA while flying Combat Air Patrol for Operation ATTAIN DOCUMENT

  • Flew cover in Operation EL DORADO CANYON

  • Operation DESERT SHIELD VF-102 logged more than 1,400 combat flight hours.

  • Bosnia-Herzegovina - Operation PROVIDE PROMISE and Operation DENY FLIGHT

  • Mogadishu - Operation RESTORE HOPE

  • Iraq - Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

  • Transition to F-14B

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    Adriatic Sea - Operation DELIBERATE FORCE

  • Last F14 Unit

  • Persian Gulf - Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

  • Adriatic Sea - Logged 4,000 hours; 1,900 Traps

  • Persian Gulf - Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

  • Arabian Sea - Operation ENDURING FREEDOM - Fley 5,000 COmbat Hours, dropped 680 Bombs, 50,000 pounds of precision guided munition

  • Homeport Change - Atsugi, Japan

  • Pacific Fleet Battle "E" award winner

  • Pacific Fleet Battle "E" award winner

  • Transitioned to F/A-18F Super Hornet

  • Republic of the Philippines - Operation DAMAYAN

  • Homeport Change - Iwakuni, Japan

  • Afghanistan - Operation FREEDOM SENTINEL

  • JT MAY LEAVE