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) …

May 23, 2019 · 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 the U.S. Marine Corps.

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.

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...

May 23, 2019 · VFA-101 would send its personnel and aircraft to VFA-125, the other FRS squadron already set up in Lemoore with the rest of the Navy’s strike fighter community.

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 …

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.

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.

VF-121 was the first fleet squadron to receive the F-4, and was a crew training squadron. The aircraft has been on display at the USNA since 1969, and has been painted in the markings of …