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 …

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.

EGLIN AFB, Fla. (NNS) -- Navy personnel are busy preparing to teach the next generation of Sailors how to work with and fly the newest military aircraft, the F-35C Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter, as Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101) readies for its stand-up ceremony on Eglin Air Force Base May 1.

VFA-101 reactivated in May 2012, on the 60th Anniversary of the Grim Reapers, as the first Lightning II Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) for the F-35C. Since then, the squadron has trained more...

原来的101战斗机中队（VF-101），绰号“死神，成立于1952年5月1日，配置不同的战斗机包括F-4和F-14 Tomcat。 随着F-14的退休，VF-101于2005年脱离现役。 2012年5月1日，为了接收F-35C 埃格林空军基地 的一个机库训练设施中VFA-101重建，作为舰队轮换中队（FRS），为舰队 ...

VF-10在1942年3月6日，在圣地亚哥海军航空基地(NAS San Diego) 成立，配备F4F Wildcat。 VF-10在企业号(CV-6 Enterprise)上参加过南太洋战争，包括Guadalcanel战役。 回国后，VF-10在NAS Sand Point重组，换装F6F-3 Hellcat，然后再次跟企业号(CV-6 Enterprise)回到南太平洋。 在第二次的战斗航海中，参加了多场战役，包括著名菲律宾海战役的Marianas Turkey Shoot。 航海结束后，VF-10的基地迁往东岸的NAS Atlantic City，并换装F4U-D Corsair。 期后参加轰炸琉 …

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...

In late 1952 VF-101 began to receive jet powered F2H-1 Banshee's. 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.