Fighter Squadron Composite 111
"Sundowners"
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History |
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| January 2006 | VFC-13 Det. Key West Established at NAS Key West FL |
| November 2006 | VFC-13 Det. Key West was redesignated VFC-111 |
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| 2006 - today | AF |
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F-5N
| VFC-111 Deployments | ||||
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| VFC-111 Commanding Officers | ||
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History |
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The Sundowners operate as part of the U.S. Navy Reserve's fleet adversary program, providing dissimilar air combat training to fleet strike fighter and Marine fighter attack squadrons, as well as U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard fighter squadrons. Ostensibly assigned to the Navy Reserve's Tactical Support Wing, VFC-111 is actually an Active-Reserve Integration (ARI) unit composed of both Regular Navy and Navy Reserve personnel. The squadron's unique location at NAS Key West, Florida, home of the Navy's Strike Fighter Air Readiness Program (SFARP), eliminates costly adversary detachments and also provides a significant portion of adversary support to all F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadrons (FRS) in the Navy and Marine Corps. |
