2017年11月30日 · Fighting Squadron 17 was selected to fly the new Vought F4U-1 Corsair, a gull-winged fighter built around a powerful Pratt-Witney 18 cylinder radial engine on the new Essex-class carrier Bunker Hill. It was the second Navy fighter squadron to receive the F4U-1 Corsair and the most successful of them all.

Fighting-17 was reformed at Alameda in April 1944, under Lt Comm M. U. Beebe. Aboard the carrier Hornet, VF-17 took part in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In fighter sweeps from 18 March to 17 April 1945, the pilots of VF-17 downed 146.5 Japanese planes.

在所罗门群岛5个月的战斗中，VF-17中队进行了8577个小时的战斗飞行，击落敌机156架，击沉敌舰5艘，损失了12个飞行员，但诞生了13名王牌飞行员。 VF-17中队的29号机，王牌飞行员之一Ike' Kepford的座机，机身上有16个击落敌机的记录图章是他的荣耀。

U.S. Navy fighter squadron that served in World War II in the South Pacific (SoPAC) flying the F4U Corsair. Nicknamed "The Jolly Rogers" with the motif of the Jolly Rogers pirate flag with a black rectangle with a skull and crossbones.

In the Battle of the Solomon Sea on November 11, 1943 Fighting 17 took off from a land base and landed on the carriers U.S.S Bunker Hill and U.S.S. Essex. They refueled and then flew cover over the task force and shot down 18.5 Japanese aircraft. They proved in this action that the F4U could be successfully operated in combat from a carrier.

VF-17 Nightmare（梦魇），是于动画 超时空要塞 系列里的一款 三段变形 可变式战斗机（Variable Fighter，缩写即VF），在1994年的作品《Macross7》中初次登场。 VF-17是通用银河公司开发的特殊作战机型，当时的统合军主力机种 VF-11 考量到操控适易性而必须牺牲部份性能，故无法担任特战机种进行精密攻击，于是军方计划设计开发一款拥有高匿踪性的特殊机种。 最终设计机体为了减少雷达侦测面积因此设计出呈现三角形的特殊外观，因优异的匿踪性及机动力而被称为“梦 …

此战中，vf-17的凯福德中尉在击落3架99舰爆后，看见一架九七舰攻正顺着邦克山的尾迹前进，中尉一路衔尾追击，从猛烈的高炮火网中钻过，他的海盗吃了好几发自己人的 20 毫米炮弹，一直追到那架鱼雷机后方仅有 15 英尺，螺旋桨几乎砍到对方机尾的距离才开火 ...

2015年4月1日 · VF-17 had an unusual unit symbol painted on the noses of their Corsairs. The skull and crossbones, or Jolly Roger. This symbol was once associated with the pirates and pirate ships that once sailed the ocean looking for treasure, fighting …

2024年6月4日 · vf-17s: 少量生产的指挥官专用机，基于d型，强化材料与引擎，推力提升约10%，头部装备强化通信与索敌能力，雷射炮采用双连装两具。 VF-17T : A型的训练用双座改型，增加驾驶座，机身延长。

VF-17 Squadron History and Base Locations. The First Home base for VF-17 was the USS Bunker Hill. Here is a short history of the USS Bunker Hill and the beginning of the end of the usage of the F4U from a carrier by VF-17 until later in the war.