Talk:VFA-103

message: Ideally we'd link to a page on NAS Oceana, or at least say where it roughly is.  Frankly I've been through their website  and I've still no idea where it is. -- John Fader (talk | contribs) 16:29, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: NAS Oceana

message: There might be some value in discussing formal lineage issues; as a technical matter, VFA-103 does not share a common unit lineage with VF-84 or VF-17, though it adopted the "Jolly Rogers" traditions and insignia upon the disestablishment of VF-84.  See  for the Naval Historical Center's view.  On the other hand, this technicality may matter less if we're more concerned with tracking the history of the Jolly Rogers on USN aircraft rather than the formal unit history.  -- Robin Lee.
: There is an article on the Jolly Roger which has this lineage.  See below for my suggestion on splitting this page into three parts, one for each unit. Kablammo 14:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Lineage

message: VF-17 was actually disestablished April 10, 1944, not October, as originally stated.  After its disestablishment the VF17 veterans formed the nucleii of newly established squadrons.  VF-84, established in 1944, viewed itself as the successor to VF-17, due to overlap in command, personnel, aircraft, and traditions.  It contained not only VF17 ace and XO Roger Hedrick as its CO, but also several other VF17 veterans.  It also went aboard the USS Bunker Hill, VF-17's first home.  And when VF-84 was reformed in the 1950s, it was natural for it to assume the "Jolly Rogers" name.  In combat both VF-17 and VF-84 used the Corsair exclusively.  
A new VF-17 was formed in 1944.  It kept the Jolly Rogers name and insignia.  It had different personnel than the first "edition" of VF-17.  Its flew the Hellcat, off the Hornet (CV-12), and had a very successful tour of duty in the final drive on the Iwo Jima and the Home Islands in 1945.
I have not rewritten the article yet as I propose to make two entirely new articles; one on VF-17 and one on VF-84.  The present VFA-103 article will then deal solely with VF103, with links to the other two squadron's articles.  
The VF84 article would also deal with the 1944-45 squadron.  It would incorporate the present article's contents on the postwar squadron.  I will contribute the World War II sections.
There needs to be an edit and more information on the first postwar decade as right now it seems jumbled and confused.  Kablammo 17:28, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it should all be on one page, If you want making sections for the previous units with the name. PPGMD 20:58, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Length isn't that big of a deal anymore as long as the sections are split up, and the entire article is on topic IMO. PPGMD 19:24, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Agreed, this page should be about the VFA-103, and VF-17 and VF-84 should have their own articles - cross-linking to indicate the passing of the "Jolly Rogers" designation.  Especially since the Jolly Rogers patch image is for the VF-84! -- Medains 07:10, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: WWII

message: Didn't VF-84 fly the S model of the Phantom as well?...Only B,J, and N are listed in the history paragraph. Sregor Ylloj (talk) 22:38, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

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