Strike Fighter Squadron 101 | |
---|---|
![]() VFA-101 Insignia | |
Active | 1952–2005, 2012–2019 |
Country | United States of America |
Branch | ![]() |
Type | Strike Fighter Squadron |
Role | training |
Garrison/HQ | Eglin Air Force Base |
Engagements | Korean War |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | FG-1D Corsair F2H Banshee F4D Skyray F3H Demon F-4 Phantom II F-14 Tomcat F-35C Lightning II |
Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101), also known as the "Grim Reapers", was a United States Navy Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) based at Eglin AFB, Florida. After the West Coast FRS for the F-14 Tomcat, VF-124, was disestablished in the mid-1990s, VF-101 became the sole F-14 FRS. At the time it was based at NAS Oceana in Virginia. With the retirement of the F-14, VF-101 was deactivated in 2005. It was reactivated in 2012 and redesignated Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101). It was one of two F-35C Lightning II FRS before being deactivated in 2019.[1] It was based at Eglin AFB, Florida with the joint 33d Fighter Wing (33 FW),[2] as a subordinate unit of the U.S. Navy's Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.