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Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101), also known as the "Grim Reapers", was a United States Navy Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) based at Eglin AFB, Florida. After the West Coast FRS for the F-14 Tomcat , VF-124 , was disestablished in the mid-1990s, VF-101 became the sole F-14 FRS.
VF-101 ‘Grim Reapers’ STATUS: established as VF-101 on May 1, 1952. becomes the Fleet Replacement Squadron in April 1958. VF-101 disestablished on September 30, 2005. reactivated and redesignated VFA-101 on May 1, 2012. AIRCRAFT: Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight. McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee. Douglas F4D-1 Skyray. McDonnell F3H-2 Demon. McDonnell F4H-1 ...
VF-101's administrative command, Readiness Attack Carrier Air wing Four, was diestablished on the 1st of June 1970, with VF-101 shifting to the control of Command Fleet Air Key West, but this move lasted less than a year, the Grim Reapers moving to the control of Commander Fleet Air Norfolk in February 1971.
VFA-101 reactivated in May 2012, on the 60th Anniversary of the Grim Reapers, as the first Lightning II Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) for the F-35C. Since then, the squadron has trained...
19 de dic. de 2016 · With the delivery of the first F-35C, the Grim Reapers have become the Lightning II Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), a role already played in the past by the then Fighter Squadron (VF) 101 for iconic aircraft such as the F-4 Phantom and the F-14 Tomcat, before the squadron was disbanded in 2005.
Fighter Squadron 101, also known as VF-101 and the Grim Reapers, was a United States Navy F-14 Fleet Replacement Squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana until disestablishment in 2005. After the west coast F-14 FRS, VF-124, was disestablished in the mid-1990s, VF-101 became the sole F-14 FRS.
23 de may. de 2019 · On 1 May 2012, VF-101 'Grim Reapers' was reactivated and redesignated as Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101),with a homeport change from Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
