VFA-31 or Strike Fighter Squadron 31 is known as the Tomcatters, callsign "Felix", a United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet. The Tomcatters are the second oldest Navy Fighter Attack squadron operating today.
VF-6 F3F-2 in the late 1930s.
A VF-6 F4F-3 aboard USS Enterprise, March 1942.
VF-31 F3H-2N Demon in 1957.
VF-31 F-4J in 1978.
Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana or NAS Oceana is a United States Navy Naval Air Station located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
F/A-18D Hornets of VFA-106 performs a section take-off from NAS Oceana during 2003.
A VF-41 F-4J over NAS Oceana in the late 1960s
VF-213 & VF-31 conduct a flyover of NAS Oceana after returning from the Tomcat's final deployment.
A mass casualties drill was conducted aboard Naval Air Station Oceana during training exercises. Firefighter/EMT Greg Tetro breaks the rear glass of an automobile to rescue a trapped victim.