Welcome to the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 website! We are located onboard Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Sunliners report operationally to Commander,...

Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81), also known as the "Sunliners", is a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. They are currently assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 .

As three VFA-81 and one VFA-83 Rampager aircraft flew into Iraq on CVW-17's first daylight strike of the war, they were confronted by two Iraqi Mig-21s. Sunliner LCDR Mark "MRT" Fox, and LT Nick "Mongo" Mongillo each downed one enemy aircraft before proceeding to …

VFA 81 Sunliners, Virginia Beach, Virginia. 4,224 likes · 66 talking about this · 11 were here. Welcome to the official U.S. Navy VFA-81 Command Page.

On February 4, 1988, VA-81 transitioned to the F/A-18C Hornet and was redesignated Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81. The squadron made three deployments aboard USS Saratoga (CV 3) between 1990...

Upon completion, he reported to the “Rampagers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, twice deploying onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In...

Nov 9, 2014 · The photo in this post shows the striking F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 166830, Modex “200”, CAG bird of the VFA-81 “Sunliners” with POW-MIA art work on the tail and sharkmouth applied to the...

Jun 25, 2010 · The “Sunliners” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 are home in Virginia Beach after a successful detachment to NAS Key West, Fla., which took place May 23 to June 6. As the first step in their pre-deployment work-up cycle, VFA-81 completed the air-to-air portion of the Strike Fighter Advanced Readiness Program (SFARP).

Strike Fighter Squadron EIGHT ONE (VFA-81) "Sunliners" are assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17, presently deployed onboard USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73).

Feb 24, 2023 · VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — News 3 is proud to salute Strike Fighter Squadron 81, The "Sunliners", as our Squadron of the Month for February 2023. Each month, News 3 anchor Blaine Stewart spends a...