page_title: VFA-103
section_title: 1970s
hierarchical_section_title: VFA-103 / History / 1970s
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4J-34-MC Phantom II (BuNo 155764) from Fighter Squadron VF-103 "Sluggers" taking off at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia (USA). VF-103 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60).
context_page_description: Strike Fighter Squadron 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. The squadron's radio callsign is Victory and it is assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven.
context_section_description: When North Vietnam launched its Easter Offensive invasion of South Vietnam, USS Saratoga was deployed to the coast of Vietnam to participate in Operation Linebacker.  On 10 August 1972, Lieutenant Commander Robert Tucker and Lieutenant Junior Grade Stanley Edens shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 with an AIM-7 Sparrow missile during a night interception. It was the first and only night MiG kill by the US Navy.
caption: VF-103 F-4J Phantom II in 1978
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