Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25) is an aviation unit of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The squadron flies the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet and is currently assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11. Its callsign is Fist.
VT-17 TBM-3Es on USS Hornet in 1945
A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-4 Skyraider of Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65) "Fist of the Fleet" hits the barrier with a faulty tailhook aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10). VA-65 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 2 (CVG-2) aboard the Yorktown for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 3 August 1953 to 3 March 1954.
VA-25 A-1H with special "bomb" in 1965 on USS Midway. The "bomb" was a damaged toilet which was going to be thrown overboard. One of VA-25's plane captains saved it and the ordnance crew made a rack, tailfins and nose fuse for it.
VA-25 Skyraider armed for a mission over Vietnam in 1966/67
Naval Air Station Lemoore
Naval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County and Fresno County, California, United States. Lemoore Station, a census-designated place, is located inside the base's borders.
Two US Navy F-35C Lightning II from VFA-101 fly in formation over NAS Lemoore with F/A-18E/F Super Hornets of VFA-122 during 2015.
Aerial view of NAS Lemoore in the early 1960s
