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. At the time it was based at NAS Oceana in Virginia.

VF-101 was part of Readiness Carrier Air Wing 4 (RCVW-4) until 1970. Two McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighters on the catapults of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) off Florida in March 1975. In the foreground is a U.S. Navy F …

On 30 September 1994, with the disestablishment of VF-124 Gunfighters (the west coast F-14 FRS), VF-101 became the single F-14 Fleet Replacement Squadron for the Navy, training crews in the...

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.

The present VF-101 weapons training encompasses a whole range of air-to-ground weapons, from iron bombs, cluster munitions, mines, flares, laser guided munitions and air launched decoys as well as air-to-air weapons.

VFA-101 again serves as a U.S. Navy Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), this time for the F-35C Lightning II, the aircraft carrier-capable variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) that will serve in the U.S. Navy and selected carrier-deployable squadrons of …

VF-101 was established on 1 May 1952 at NAS Cecil Field, Fla., carrying on the traditions of VF-10, a squadron with a distinguished WWII record that was disestablished in November 1945. The new...

VF-101 deployed with their new mounts to the Mediterrenean Sea, taking part in exercises in Southern Europe and the Middle East. Another change in equipment came in August of 1956, when VF-101 received the F4D-1 Skyray, their first radar equipped aircraft.

Dec 19, 2016 · Disestablished in 1945, the Grim Reapers were reactivated as VF-101 in 1952, flying several types of fighters such as the Vought F4U Corsair, the McDonnell F2H Banshee and the Douglas F4D Skyray before receiving the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom in the 1960s.

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. At the time it was based at NAS Oceana in Virginia.