1/72 Witty WIngs US Navy F/A 18F Superhornet VFA 2 Bounty Hunters Squadron
The Monsoon Storm drag me to stationed at home all days, so this make me free time to share another legendary Superhornet in my inventory in Kuching Airbase hehehe. The VFA 2 Bounty Huntes Squadron F/A 18F Superhornet reported in. The VFA 2 Squadron has been established after US Navy started using Superhornet in their fleet. The first F18F VFA 2 has been fly for the first time in 2006.
VFA-2 deployed to the Western Pacific aboard Abraham Lincoln with CVW-2 in October, 2004. They returned in March 2005 after supporting Operation Unified Assistance which provided humanitarian support to Southeast Asia after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
In 2006, VFA-2 and CVW-2 embarked on a WESTPAC deployment.On March 13, 2008, VFA-2 embarked with CVW-2 aboard Abraham Lincoln on a 7-month deployment to the Persian Gulf, returning home on October 8.
Between 24–31 March 2006, during Foal Eagle 2006 exercises, strike squadrons VFA-2, VFA-34, VFA-137, and VFA-151 from Carrier Air Wing Two teamed with U.S. Air Force aircraft from the 18th Wing based at Kadena Air Base to provide combat air patrols and coordinated bombing runs via the exercise’s Combined Air Operations Center.
On September 11, 2010, VFA-2 deployed with CVW-2 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln to the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf.The Bounty Hunters have transitioned to newer Block II F/A-18F Super Hornet's equipped with the AESA radar.
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