Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (AIRTEVRON NINE, VX-9, nicknamed The Vampires) is a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California. Using the tail code XE, the squadron operates F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, EA-18G Growlers, and the F-35C Lightning II.

Today, VX-9 has 67 officers, 350 enlisted personnel and 28 aircraft including the FA-18E/F Super Hornet, FA-18 Hornet, F-14 Tomcat (4 F-14As, 3 F-14Bs and 4 F-14Ds), EA-6B Prowler, AV-8B Harrier, and AH-1 Cobra.

VX-9 is a squadron that operates various aircraft in support of testing and evaluating weapons and their related systems.

Originally VF-101. First F-14B upgrade conversion by NADEP 1/95. Sent to NWTSPM as #212, then to VX-9 as #240.

今天，VX-9拥有67名飞行军官，350名勤务人员和28架战机，包括新的F/A-18E/F超级大黄蜂，普通的F/A-18，F-14雄猫（4架A型，3架B型和4架D型），EA-6B徘徊者，AV-8B鹞和AH-1眼镜蛇直升机。 一般来说，VX-9的飞行员都可以操纵上述机群里不止一种型号，既增强了他们自身的能力，又可以应对各个飞行项目里更广泛的应用。 VX-9的全部任务已经变为测试攻击机、战斗机和电子战飞机，其它武器系统以及帮助部队进行装备，并在装备前研究使用该武器的战术。

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy 's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.

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During its time, VX-9 tested every weapon in fired and dropped by the Tomcat. This new sheet provides markings for four of the Vampires machines from 1999 through to 2005. The individual machines are: “Vandy 1” F-14D Bureau number 164604 from circa 2004.

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2020年2月16日 · VX-4 Evalutors and VX-9 Vampires: F-14A, B and D, these units test in Point Mugu and have all Tomcat variants (4 A´s, 3 B´s and 4 D´s) available. Here all innovations on the F -14 are tested and brought to the Fleet. VX-4 was deactivated on September 30, 1994. VX-9 flew their last Tomcat to NAS Oceana in 2004.