VFA-14 TOPHATTERS ZIPPO 2005 NEW IN TIN

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Type: ZIPPO REGULAR NEW in TINColor: MIDNIGHT CHROME 2 SIDEDYear: (B ZIPPO 05 ) = 2005 VFA-14 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search VFA-14 VFA-14 Insignia Active 1919 Country United States Branch United States Navy Type Attack Role Close air support Air interdiction Aerial reconnaissance Part of CVW-11 Garrison/HQ Naval Air Station Lemoore Nickname "The Boldest" Motto Tophatters Battles/wars World War II Vietnam War Operation Desert Storm Operation Allied Force Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom The VFA-14 Tophatters are a United States Navy fighter attack squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore. They fly the F/A-18E Super Hornet, and are the Navy's oldest active squadron, having formed in 1919. Their callsign is Camelot, and their tail code is NH. Super Hornet transition F/A-18E Super Hornets aboard the USS Nimitz. After their last F-14 cruise VF-14 and VF-41 relocated to NAS Lemoore and began the transition to the F/A-18 Super Hornet switching to CVW-11 and USS Nimitz (CVN-68). Both squadrons deployed to particiapte in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) aboard USS Nimitz and prior to arrival in the Persian Gulf, two VF-14 F/A-18Es and two F/A-18Fs (VFA-41) were forward deployed to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in late March 2003 to augment its airwing. The Super Hornets were requested to read more