The eight squadrons that participated in the flyover are the “Gladiators” of VFA-106, the “Checkmates” of VFA-211, the “Blue Blasters” of VFA-34, the “Fighting Swordsmen” of VFA-32 ...

The deployed air wing included the “Blue Blasters” of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-34, the “Fist of the Fleet” of VFA-25, the “Flying Checkmates” of VFA-211, the “Black Knights” of ...

Two F/A-18E Super Hornets, assigned to the “Flying Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, launch off the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (KTRE) - A Lufkin native now works aboard a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy. From Press Release U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Alexis Rudek, from ...

Chlan’s naval career included time as director of training with the Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-211, director of maintenance and operations with Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-136 and commanding ...

Featured Image: MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 24, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the ...

The squadrons are the “Red Rippers” of VFA-11, the “Fighting Checkmates” of VFA-211, the “Blue Blasters” of VFA-34, the “Sunliners” of VFA-81 and the “Seahawks” of VAW-126.

Photo: US Navy/Disclosure. The vessel carries four squadrons of these fighters. They are: VFA-11 Red Rippers, VFA-34 Blue Blasters, VFA-81 Sunliners and VFA-211 Fighting Checkmates. The CVN-75 is also ...

A German air force A400M tanker, left, and an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the “Sunliners” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, fly over the north Aegean Sea March 4. ELECTRONIC ATTACK SQUADRON ...

The four Super Hornets represent four of the eight squadrons embarked with CVW-1: the VFA-11 Red Rippers equipped with F/A-18F; the VFA-211 “Checkmantes”, the VFA-34 “Blue Blasters” and ...