Fighter Squadron Composite 111 (VFC-111), also known as the "Sun Downers", is a United States Navy Reserve adversary squadron based at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. Currently, it operates Northrop F-5N/F Tiger-IIs, of which most are single-seater F-5Ns and one twin-seater F-5F, the "FrankenTiger".

2022年11月17日 · Enjoy a behind the scenes view of the U.S. Navy Adversary Squadron VFC-111 “Sun Downers” at NAS Key West.

2020年4月11日 · VFC-111’s “Sundowners” nickname originates from Fighter Squadron 11 (VF-11) and refers to the unit’s mission to shoot down Japanese fighters or “suns” during World War II. Since its establishment, VFC-111 flies a handful of colourful F-5N Tiger II aircraft which are maintained by the civilian contractor PAE Applied Technologies ...

2023年5月31日 · We can confirm that a Navy pilot assigned to a Naval Air Station Key West-based Fighter Squadron Composite (VFC) 111 “Sun Downers,” ejected from an F-5N aircraft approximately 25 miles from ...

Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111), also known as the Sundowners, was a fighter squadron of the United States Navy. Originally established as Fighter Squadron 11 (VF-11) on 10 October 1942, it was redesignated as VF-11A on 15 November 1946, redesignated as VF-111 on 15 July 1948 and disestablished on 19 January 1959.

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VFC-111 operates 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.

2016年4月8日 · VFC-111, the Sundowners, provide fleet adversary support with their F-5Ns out of gorgeous Key West, Florida. For a recent air show there, headlined by the Blue Angels, the squadron put together...

Jeff Bolton visits the US Navy’s VFC-111 ‘Sun Downers’ at its Naval Air Station Key West home . With more than 100 years of combined fighter pilot experience, an eight-ship gaggle of ‘Sun Downers’ F-5N Tigers sit idling in a symmetrical row on …

Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111), also known as the Sundowners, was a fighter squadron of the United States Navy. Originally established as Attack Squadron 156 (VA-156) on 4 June 1955, it was redesignated VF-111 on 20 January 1959, the …