Description

VFA-115 Eagles 2021 FA-18E Model, Navy, 1/40th (18″) Scale, Mahogany

Fly with the VFA-115 Eagles 2021 in this hand crafted FA-18E Model. Each model is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a unique piece that will always be treasured.

• Length – 18 inches
• Made from Mahogany
• US Veteran Owned Business

Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115) is known as the “Eagles”, callsign “Talon”, a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter squadron stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Their tail code is NF. It was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-11 on 10 October 1942, redesignated VA-12A on 15 November 1946, VA-115 on 15 July 1948,[1] then finally VFA-115.

Squadron insignia and nickname

The squadron’s first insignia was designed by Walt Disney and consisted of a black torpedo with the skull & crossbones on it and a winged cherub wearing a green helmet nicknamed “Little Butch.” A new squadron insignia was approved on 17 September 1956 and is still in use. The squadron was known as the “Arabs” from the 1950s to 1979, at which time they were renamed the “Eagles”. During the squadron’s deployment to the Indian Ocean in 1989, they temporarily changed their nickname back to Arabs to enhance the morale while operating in the Arabian Sea.