US NAVY ORIGINAL F14 TOMCAT TOP GUN FIGHTER vêlkrö FLIGHT SUIT INSIGNIA PATCH

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US NAVY ORIGINAL F14 TOMCAT TOP GUN FIGHTER vêlkrö FLIGHT SUIT INSIGNIA PATCH
This is a very special US NAVY ORIGINAL F14 TOMCAT TOP GUN FIGHTER vêlkrö FLIGHT SUIT INSIGNIA PATCH. You will receive the item as shown in the first photo.Please note that there are color variations due to different settings on different PCs and different Monitors. The color shown on your screen may not be the true color
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Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) was a fighter squadron of the United States Navy. Originally established on 14 October 1972 it was disestablished on 30 September 1993. It was the fifth US Navy squadron to be designated VF-1.[1] Known as the "Wolfpack" the squadron saw combat during the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. The squadron was de-activated and its personnel reassigned in 1993 when its carrier, USS Ranger, was decommissioned.  The squadron made the first Tomcat cruise on USS Enterprise (CVN-65) from September 1974. The end of this cruise saw the Tomcat's conflict debut, as VF-1 and VF-2 flew air patrols over Saigon in April 1975 to cover the final evacuation of US personnel. During 1976 and 1977 VF-1 (along with VF-2) took part in trials of prospective new camouflage schemes for the Tomcat. While I am unsure as to how many aircraft were actually repainted, one I definitely know about is BuNo. 158979, at the time VF-1's CAG bird. The scheme was devised by aviation artist Keith Ferris in an attempt to break up the aircraft outline. Due to it's look it became known as "splinter" scheme. While it was originally intended to make the aircraft less visible, I believe that trials showed it to have the opposite effect, the sharp edges and high contrast in the pattern actually making aircraft more visible! The colours used were dark grey, FS36118, on the top and tails, with a medium grey, FS36231, on the top and bottom surfaces. The remainder of the aircraft, the sides and areas of top and bottom, were painted in a mix of light grey, FS16440 (90%), and white, FS17875 (10%).  VF-1 then changed from CVW-14 to CVW-2, entailing a move of carrier to the USS Ranger (CV-61) in September 1980. The squadron flew several successful cruises then shifted to USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) for a single cruise in 1984. In 1984 VF-1 achieved the impressive total of 22,000 hours of flying without accident. By 1986 VF-1 had returned to Ranger and was still with the carrier when she participated in Desert Storm in 1991. A plane from the squadron scored the F-14's only air to air kill of the war when NE-103 (BuNo.162603) shot down an Iraqi Mil Mi-8 Hip using an AIM-9 Sidewinder. With the decommissioning of Ranger in 1993 the squadron was left without a carrier assignment and so operated out of NAS Miramar. I believe at one point the squadron was due to convert to the F-14D Super Tomcat, however, due to a lack of airframes and the Navy's decision to reduce the number of F-14 squadrons per carrier from two to one, VF-1 was disestablished on the 1st October 1993. Traditionally VF-1's markings have been very colourful, reflecting the Wolfpack theme strongly. Below can be seen an image of their CAG aircraft in an early, full colour scheme. At this time the tailcode was carried on the inside of the vertical tails. The later low vis schemes removed almost all of the colour, until in the end all that was left was the wolf's head on the tail in low vis grey. At times the tailcode was carried behind the wolf's head, between the horizontal lines on the outisde of the tail, while other periods saw it shifted to the more usual inside tail position.
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