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The Air Wing lists one unit as operating the two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet variant, Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102), the “Diamondbacks”. According to the official U.S. Navy website ...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the ‘Diamondbacks’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, lands on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in the Philippine Sea on Sept. 29 ...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, practices a touch-and-go landing on May 11, 2016. US Navy Photo ...
Pacific Ocean (Nov. 5, 2006) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) completes a super-sonic flyby as part of an air power ...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), breaks the sound barrier during a fly-by over the conventionally powered aircraft carrier ...
The jet bore the markings "VFA-102," which according to the U.S. Navy, represents an Iwakuni, Japan-based Strike Fighter Squadron nicknamed the Diamondbacks. "The F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft we ...
An F/A 18 Super Hornet, assigned to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 crashed off Key ... “At about 4:30 PM Eastern Time, the F/A-18F Super Hornet on a routine training ...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the USS Harry S. Truman crashed into the Red Sea, according to CNN sources. Both crew members ejected successfully, and were recovered with minor injuries. The jet is ...
150327-N-ZZ999-492 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 27, 2015) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Checkmates of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 211 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore ...
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 6, 2020) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, launches from the flight deck of the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft ...