———————-Navy Stingers Livery———————
US Navy - Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (STRKFITRON 113)
VFA-113 ‘Stingers’
STATUS:
established as VF-113 on July 15, 1948
VF-113 redesignated VA-113 in March 1956
VA-113 redesignated VFA-113 on March 25, 1983
Homebase: NAS Lemoore, California
Carrier Air Wing: CVW-17
Aircraft Carrier: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
ACTIVE UNIT
AIRCRAFT:
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet (1983-92)
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet (1992-2016)
Boeing F/A-18E
DEPLOYMENTS:
February 1985 - August 1985 with CVW-14 aboard USS Constellation (CV 64)
September 1986 - October 1986 with CVW-14 aboard USS Constellation (CV 64)
April 1987 - October 1987 with CVW-14 aboard USS Constellation (CV 64)
December 1988 - June 1989 with CVW-14 aboard USS Constellation (CV 64)
September 1989 - October 1989 with CVW-14 aboard USS Constellation (CV 64)
June 1990 - December 1990 with CVW-14 aboard USS Independence (CV 62)
August 1991 with CVW-14 aboard USS Independence (CV 62)
August 1991 - September 1991 with CVW-14 aboard USS Midway (CV 41)
February 1994 - August 1994 with CVW-14 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
May 1996 - November 1996 with CVW-14 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
April 1997 with CVW-14 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
November 1997 - December 1997 with CVW-14 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
June 1998 - December 1998 with CVW-14 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
May 2000 - February 2001 with CVW-14 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
July 2002 - May 2003 with CVW-14 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
May 2004 - November 2004 with CVW-14 aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
January 2006 - July 2006 with CVW-14 aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
January 2007 - April 2007 with CVW-14 aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
May 2008 - November 2008 with CVW-14 aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
May 2009 - October 2009 with CVW-14 aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
November 2010 - June 2011 with CVW-17 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
November 2011 - May 2012 with CVW-17 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
August 2014 - June 2015 with CVW-17 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)