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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron that currently flies the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II. The squadron's home field is Marine Corps Air St
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Vought F4U-1A Corsair, BuNo 17883, of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the commander of VMF-214, Vella Lavella end of 1943
F4U of VMF-214 at Turtle Bay Airfield, Espiritu Santo
VMF-214 F4U-4Bs on USS Sicily in late 1950
Pappy Boyington
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Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with th
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…of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW). The squadron is known as the Black Sheep. Its World War II exploits and the memoirs of commanding officer Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington inspired the 1970s television show Baa Baa Black Sheep, later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron. Locate, attack and destroy surface targets; intercept…
Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington during World War II
(Lower left) Boyington with pilots of VMF-122 (Not VMF-214, see designation of life vest in center)
Boyington shortly after receiving the Medal of Honor