Fierce Fighter Jet Aboard the USS Hornet: Photo

ALAMEDA, CA — Art Wong shared this photo taken aboard the USS Hornet, docked in Alameda.

Wong wrote in an email to Patch, "The F-14A is a supersonic, twin-engine, variable sweep wing, two-place strike fighter. The Tomcat’s primary missions are air superiority, fleet air defense and precision strike against ground targets. This F14A was built in 1986 and served with several squadrons: VF-14, VF-41 and VF-101. During Desert Storm, as a part of VF-41, it led the first strike against Iraq from the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

"The eighth Hornet was an Essex-class aircraft carrier. USS Hornet (CV-12) was commissioned in November 1943. She entered the Pacific War in March 1944 and was part of the famous US Navy Fast Carrier Task Forces that served in the western Pacific and supported numerous island invasions. She was awarded 11 battle stars for her exemplary WWII service. She also served three tours of duty in the Vietnam War and recovered the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 lunar landing spaceflights in 1969."

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