 strike fighter squadron 103 (vf-103), nicknamed the jolly rogers is an aviation unit of the united states navy established in 1952. vfa-103 flies the f/a-18f super hornet and is based at naval air station oceana, virginia (usa). the squadron's radio callsign is victory and it is assigned to carrier air wing seven. ==insignia and nicknames== thumb|left|vf-103 "sluggers" original insignia. the original vf-103 squadron insignia was a cloverleaf, and the aircraft tailfins had a horizontal yellow arrow outlined in black. later a stylized aircraft darting through the leaf was added, along with a baseball bat. the baseball stemmed from an early skipper who often carried one with him. in 1991, vf-103's aircraft used the squadron insignia for tail-art, in place of the bold arrow. when the sluggers became the jolly rogers they adopted the famous white skull-and-crossbones. the jolly rogers have always displayed some of the most recognizable squadron markings in the world: sinister white skull-and-crossbones on all-black tails, with gold bands wrapped around the tip of the tail fins, and black bands with gold chevrons (known as vagabonds strips from the crusader days of vf-84) run down the sides of the forward fuselage. ==history== three distinct u.s. naval aviation squadrons have used the name and insignia of the [[jolly r
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