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VFA-31 Tomcatters F/A-18 Tail, Navy, 20″, Mahogany, Fighter/Attack

$189.00

Looking for a perfect piece of wall art for your Goat Locker? Each piece is meticulously shaped and painted to match the vertical stabilizer of the F/A-18 Hornet.

  • Size: 20 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator

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VFA-31 Tomcatters F/A-18 Tail

Looking for a perfect piece of wall art for your Goat Locker? Each piece is meticulously shaped and painted to match the vertical stabilizer of the F/A-18 Hornet. Build custom or buy in stock – either way, you’ll get a perfect piece for your wall.

  • Size: 20 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator

 

VFA-31 or Strike Fighter Squadron 31 is known as the Tomcatters, callsign “Felix”, a United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet. The Tomcatters are the second oldest Navy Fighter Attack squadron operating today.

The squadron was originally known as the Shooting Stars. The original “Felix the Cat” squadron was VF-3. After the Battle of Midway, VF-3 and VF-6 swapped designations on 15 July 1943, resulting in a three-year controversy as to which squadron owned the Felix name and emblem until VF-3 was re-designated VF-3A on 15 November 1946, and awarded the official approval to adopt Felix the Cat by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). VF-3A was then re-designated VF-31 on August 7, 1948.

The emblem and mascot is the famous cartoon character Felix the Cat, running with a large spherical black bomb with a lit fuse.[1] The yellow field and outline were omitted from the aircraft and four stars at the end of a pair of sweeps were added. This emblem can be seen on the fuselage of the aircraft above the wing.

Several well-known aviators have flown with Felix on their shoulders, including Charles Lindbergh and Butch O’Hare.

The nickname Tomcatters was adopted in 1948.

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