Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) is a United States Navy Strike Fighter squadron based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Their call sign is Diamond, with the tail code NF, and they fly the F/A-18F Super Hornet.
VF-102 F2H-4 Banshee in 1956
VF-102 F4D-1s in 1960
An F-4 Phantom from VF-102 intercepting an Egyptian Air Force Tupolev TU-16 Badger over the Mediterranean Sea on 12 January 1971.
VF-102 F-4J Phantom II circa 1977
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni or MCAS Iwakuni is a United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, 1.3 NM southeast of Iwakuni Station in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
A US Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules of VMGR-152 taxies to the runway at MCAS Iwakuni in 2014.
F-51Ds of RAAF No. 77 Squadron in maintenance at Iwakuni Airfield, June 1950.
USMC F/A-18D takes off from MCAS Iwakuni in December 2005
F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, taxi to the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni