VF-171 Aces Patch Handle Heritage Home Ports Air Wings Deployments Aircraft Unit C.O.s Events Awards Squadron Photograph Album Squadron Off-Duty Album (empty) The Squadron Duty Officer (SDO), is the unit's contact point. They maintain unit rosters, help old friends link up, coordinate with unit reunions, and gather unit information. The SDO List. The Association is particularly interested in your Skyhawk related information and photos, but will gladly accept information about all eras of the unit. e-Mail the Association Webmaster. AND we welcome "anyone with an interest" in the Skyhawk to JOIN The Skyhawk Association. Patch No additonal info yet Back to Table of Contents Handle Aces Back to Table of Contents Heritage Pre-Skyhawk era: Remarks by John D. Alexander = "I can't remember the exact dates that I was attached to VF171... However, I did spend nearly four (4) years in the squadron. We were attached to Air Group 17, stationed at NAS Jacksonville. We made a West Pac cruise aboard the USS Wasp (CVA18) during the Korean debacle. It was a world cruise, first going north, attempting to reach the Artic Circle completing NATO exercises. The weather prevented us from making it all the way to the Artic. Our skipper at the time was CDR A.O. Morton. The aircraft we flew were F2H3 Banchees. Air Group 17 consisted of VF-171, 173, and 173. VA-174 & 175. Also we had detachment squadrons, VC-4 and a photo squadron from Jacksonville. Our squadron patch ... is hard to describe ... it was something of a ghost design with other symbols. We were referred to as the Screaming Demons." Skyhawk eara VF-171 was formed by splitting of the Phantom FRS (Fleet Replacement Sqaudron) VF-101 in August 1977 into two units. Back to Table of Contents Home Ports AUG 1977: NAS Norfolk = F-4 FRS or RAG (Fleet Replacement Squadron or Replacement Air Group) AUG 1977: NAS Key West FL = VF-171 DACT (Dissimilar Air Combat Traing) Detachment Back to Table of Contents Air Wings Back to Table of Contents Deployments None Back to Table of Contents Aircraft AUG 1977: F-4 Phantom II 19??: Douglas A-4E Skyhawk 19??: Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk Back to Table of Contents Commanding Officers No information yet Back to Table of Contents Events VF-171 was formed by the splitting of the Phantom FRS (Fleet Replacement Sqadron) VF-101 in August 1977. The squadrons were first a RAG (Replacement Air Group) for the F-4 (171) and F-14 (101), but were also an east coast adversary unit with A-4 and TA-4 aircraft, the Skyhawks mostly being based at NAS Key West. Back to Table of Contents Awards No info yet. Back to Table of Contents Sources Gary Verver Return To The Navy Units Page