VF stands for Fighter Squadron. This is usually followed by a number designation to tell them apart. These squadrons consisted of F-14 fighter jets - in my opinion, the coolest planes EVER! Back in the day, when I was in the Navy on our cruise around the Western Pacific (WestPac '95) we had the VF-213 Blacklions on board with us.
Me & my Mom in front of an F-14 on the flight deck of
USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72.
October 1995
Wings swept back for speed.
Wings unswept.
You may recognize these as the planes Tom Cruise flew in Top Gun. I'm really sad that the Navy retired the F-14 Tomcats back in September, 2006. They were / are awesome planes!
BOOM!
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