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  • US retires F-14 squadron from Japan

    09/24/2003 9:32:54 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 18 replies · 276+ views
    The Times of India ^ | September 24 2003 | Associated Press
    NAVAL AIR STATION ATSUGI, Japan: A squadron of 11 US F-14 fighters flew out of this base just south of Tokyo on Wednesday for the last time, ending a 12-year deployment in Japan. Fighter Squadron VF-154, known as the Black Knights, was being relocated to Naval Air Station Lemoore, California in keeping with the Navy's policy of retiring its aging F-14 Tomcat fleet. According to a Navy statement, the squadron was initially deployed to this base in August 1981 to join Carrier Air Wing Five. This year, flying off the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk, it joined coalition forces...