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    Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) was a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet training squadron. The squadron was last based at...
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  • Miramar). Cast members in season 2 were part of a squadron mimicking VMFAT-101, the F/A-18 instructor squadron based in Miramar. Outdoor scenes were...
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    Diego, California. The pilot, First Lieutenant Dan Neubauer (28) from VMFAT-101, was the only crewmember on board the two-seat aircraft; he successfully...
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    replace those lost in combat. VMFAT-101 (SH) - Based at MCAS El Toro, California; later transferred to MCAS Yuma, Arizona VMFAT-201 - Based at MCAS Cherry...
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    Hornets began to fill the Fleet Replacement Squadrons VFA-125, VFA-106, and VMFAT-101, where pilots are introduced to the F/A-18. The Hornet entered operational...
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    operations. During the 1960s, 70s, and early 1980s, MCAS Yuma was home to VMFAT-101, the Marine Corps' Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) for the F-4 Phantom...
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    naval aviator wings in 2001. He later trained on the F/A-18C Hornet with VMFAT-101 at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California. In 2003, he was assigned to VFA-34...
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    was designated a Naval Aviator in August 1991. Hurley then reported to VMFAT-101 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California for initial F/A-18 Hornet...
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    counterparts to VFA-106 are VFA-122 and VFA-125 at NAS Lemoore, California and VMFAT-101 at MCAS Miramar, California. VFA-106 is also responsible for transitioning...
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    aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, and in March 1979 completed F-4 training at VMFAT-101 in Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona. He was subsequently reassigned...
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    NAS Cecil Field until late 1999, and then at NAS Oceana. Additionally, VMFAT-101 at MCAS El Toro and later at MCAS Miramar also trained Navy and Marine...
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    runway. Four Marines were killed. In November 2006, an F/A-18D Hornet from VMFAT-101 crashed on the eastern perimeter of the base, with the pilot ejecting...
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    VFA-106 at NAS Oceana, Virginia; VFA-122 at NAS Lemoore, California; and VMFAT-101 at MCAS Miramar, California. VFC-111 has also commenced support to VAQ-129...
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  • Honors MATSG-23 History MATSG-33 Lineage & Honors Rottman 2002, pp. 437. "VMFAT-101 History". www.marines.mil. United States Marine Corps. Retrieved 15 May...
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    arrival at her homeport of Bremerton on 10 July. On 30 March 2011, a VMFAT-101 F/A-18C Hornet suffered an uncontained catastrophic engine failure, exploded...
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    aviator wings in 1978. Following initial F-4 Phantom training with squadron VMFAT-101, he reported to VMFA-235 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii...
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    herself to be a victim (McMichael, pp. 58-59). Ibottson was training with VMFAT-101. Fagan was a former member of VMFP-3 squadron and had helped supervise...
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    corporal in March 1975. In February 1976, Sergeant Estrada served with VMFAT-101, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona. In September 1977, he transferred...
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    Administration Officer and Officer-In-Charge Deployed Carrier Operations VMFAT-101 (1983–1985); Aircraft Maintenance Officer VMFA-235 (1979–1982); Line Division...
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  • States Air Force VF-101 (Fighter Squadron 101), a unit of the United States Navy VMFAT-101 (Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101), a unit of the United...
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    Devils began their transition to the F/A-18 Hornet. Aircrew trained at VMFAT-101 at MCAS El Toro and the maintenance department at FRAMP at NAS Lemoore...
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    the executive officer and a junior officer. With the deactivation of VMFAT-101 on 1 October 2023, the Death Rattlers took over the training responsibilities...
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    code changed to "YB" in 1957. BTU-3, Basic Training Unit 3 1950 VMAT-10 December 1951 VMFAT-101 January 1969 Tail code changed to "SH" in the 1970s....
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    tours included: Instructor RIO, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101); Squadron Assistant Operations Officer and Operations Officer, VMFA-115;...
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  • California, just after the Marine pilot, Lieutenant Dan Neubauer, from VMFAT-101, ejected. Four fatalities on the ground resulted. The Hornet was being...
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  • Nickname Date Decommissioned Source VMAT-20 Marine Attack Training Squadron VMFAT-101 Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron Sharpshooters 29 September 2023...
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    assigned as an instructor pilot to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) he was selected for the United States Air Force Test Pilot School at...
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  • injured when an engine of a USMC McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet of VMFAT-101 based at MCAS Miramar, California, suffers a catastrophic failure while...
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    squadron VFA-101 was assigned to the wing to conduct F-35C training and USMC squadron VMFAT-501 to conduct F-35B training. In July 2014 VMFAT-501 was detached...
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    VMFA-225 MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina VMFAT-501 VMFA-533 MCAS Cherry Point VMFA-542 MCAS Miramar, California VMFAT-502  United States United States Marine...
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