Cmdr. Michael Farley, a native of Danville, Virginia, serves as the commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, which operates the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet. Farley ...

Squadrons with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 are continuing their return to Naval Air Station Oceana and Naval Station Norfolk.

Recently, a combat veteran McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet Bureau Number 163502 was transferred from the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) in Pensacola, Florida, to an affiliate museum across ...

No other injuries were reported. An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, launches off of the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S.

The jets cost $60-70 million each. An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, prepares for launch on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during flight ...

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during flight operations on ...

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, prepares for launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during flight ...

This F/A-18C was one of two VFA-81 Sunliners that shot down a pair of MIG-21 Fishbeds on Jan. 17, 1991, the first day of Operation Desert Storm. The pilot that day was Capt. Nick “Mongo ...

143 – The “Sunliners” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 – The “Knighthawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 “The Truman Strike Group will contribute to the ongoing combat readiness of our naval ...

143 – The “Sunliners” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 – The “Knighthawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 The U.S. Navy also say that throughout its 26 years of service, Harry S. Truman has ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Senior Chief Petty Officer Tony Hardin, a native of Abbeville, Louisiana, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, which operates the U.S. Navy’s ...