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F-14A TomCat VF-154 Black Knight

SCALE & KIT 1/72 Tamiya MODELER 許世芳

Thanks to author Anne Gafiuk for the sixth and final
installment of our 2019 Speaker Series.

HISTORY

VF-154 arose when a Naval Reserve squadron was called
to operational duty for the Korean War. The squadron
Anne Gafiuk spoke about her research about 1946
was activated as VFB-718 upon the 1st of July 1946.
study of accident-proneness involving 16 fully trained
Initially based at NAS Floyd Bennett, NY, their first mount RCAF pilots from WWII. Three of the pilots studied
was the F-6F Hellcat, soon followed by the F-4U Corsair.
were from Alberta. The work is chronicled in her
As well as changing aircraft, the squadron went through
book Quietus: Last Flight. Several family members of
several designation changes, becoming VF-68A then VF- those Alberta pilots were in attendance at the talk.
837. During their time as VF-837 the squadron moved
from NAS Floyd Bennett to NAS Moffett Field, CA.

Strike Fighter Squadron 154 (VFA-154), also known as the
“Black Knights”, is a United States Navy strike fighter
squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The
Black Knights are an operational fleet squadron flying the
F/A-18F Super Hornet. They are currently attached to
Carrier Air Wing Eleven and deployed aboard the aircraft
carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68). Their radio callsign is
“Knight”.