Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron, currently consisting of F-35B Lightning II stealth STOVL strike fighter jets.

VMA-211 flew various versions of the Skyhawk, receiving the A4D-2 (A-4B) in 1958, the A4D-2N (A-4C) in 1960, the A-4E in 1964, and the A-4M in 1976. With escalation of the Vietnam War, …

US Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 load a Guided Bomb Unit 49 (GBU-49) onto an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in the... View Details

U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211) operated the F4U Corsair in the South Pacific during World War II.

Jun 30, 2016 · In November 1941, VMF-211 embarked 12 of its 24 Wildcats and 13 of its 29 pilots aboard the USS Enterprise for movement to Wake Island, the scene of the squadron's heroic …

Aug 11, 2017 · VMF-211 achieved a rare success by sinking a Japanese destroyer, and it also claimed nine enemy planes shot down before the last Wildcat was destroyed. After the island …

In the ensuing dogfight, VMF-211 claimed three Zeroes shot down – but Major George Moffat (F4U-1 17559) and Lieutenant Hatfield (F4U-1 17643) failed to return.

Strike Fighter Squadron 211 (VFA-211), nicknamed the "Fighting Checkmates", is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established in 1945. The squadron is based at Naval Air Station …

1945 - 1946 SB2C-5 1946 - 1949 AD-1 1949 - 1951 F4U-4 1951 - 1952 F9F-2 1952 - 1955 F9F-6 1955 - 195 7 FJ-3 1957 - 195 9 F3H-2 1959 - 1960 F11F-1 1960 - 1963 F8U-1 1964 - 1969 F …

Assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), 1st Marine Air Wing (MAW-1), Marine Air Group 24 (MAG-24) to Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211). This aircraft has no known nickname, …