Riding the storm out

Rocky1349 · 02-10-2002, 09:05 PM

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the old 'Doors' song comes to mind with these.

Rocky

Rocky1349 · 02-10-2002, 10:57 PM

A little history on VF-84:

The Jolly Rogers have always sported 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 V's run down the sides of the forward fuselage (these were from the Vagabonds days). When VF-84 was first established on 1 July, 1955, at NAS Oceana, they were known as the Vagabonds and the FJ-3 Fury was their mount.

The squadron's prized mascot is a set of skull and crossbones enclosed in a glass encasement. "Passing of the bones" from the outgoing skipper to the incoming skipper is a time-honored Jolly Rogers tradition. The bones are supposedly the remains of ENS Jack Ernie of VF-17. Ernie was killed during the Okinawa invasion in World War II, as his flaming aircraft spiralled towards earth, he made one last radio transmission asked "to be remembered with the skull-and-crossbones". Ernie's family later presented the squadron with the set of skull and crossbones and asked the squadron to fulfill Ernie's last wish.

The squadron received the first TARPS pods of the fleet in 1979 and was a pioneer in using the Tomcat as a reconnaissance platform. The Jolly Rogers also played a prominent role in the 1980 motion picture Final Countdown, which propelled the skull-and-crossbones and the F-14 Tomcat to international stardom.

A little history behind the "Bones".

Rocky

GIJersey · 02-11-2002, 02:57 AM

Fantastic shots!

Mark "G.I. JERSEY"

"There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are very few old bold pilots"

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**RichmondAir** · 02-11-2002, 06:59 AM

Great shots!

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Rocky1349 · 02-11-2002, 01:35 PM

Thanks SkyRat.

Rocky

**jwckmiller** · 02-15-2002, 05:33 PM

Hey Rocky!
I love those shots! Excellent.
Yes that song fits pretty well,
maybe you have started something.
Oh, and I borrowed the 202 tomcat
pic you posted for a 'sig'.

thanks,
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