The Strike Fighter Squadron 87 is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana. The squadron is equipped with the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet and is nicknamed the Gol
Corsairs from VA-87 on USS Ticonderoga in 1969.
A VA-87 A-7E over Grenada, in 1983.
F/A-18As of VFA-87 during a raid over Iraq, in 1991.
F/A-18E of VFA-87 landing aboard Gerald R. Ford in March 2022.
The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hor
VFA-87
…Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87) is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana. The squadron is equipped with the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet and is nicknamed the Golden Warriors, its call sign is War Party. Currently, the squadron is assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (tail code "AJ"). The…
U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet
F/A-18F Super Hornet (left) and a F/A-18A Hornet (right)
Four F/A-18Fs of VFA-41 "Black Aces" in a trail formation. The first and third aircraft have AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR pods, and the last aircraft has a buddy store tank
An F/A-18F named "Green Hornet", during a supersonic test flight in 2010