Last F-18 Training Squadron Is Decommissioned at Miramar, Marking the End of an Era!

This post comes from Military.com.  “An air squadron that for 50 years has been training pilots to fly F/A-18 Hornets was decommissioned at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar during a “sundowner ceremony” on Friday, marking the end of an era for the Department of the Navy.

For more than 50 years, instructor pilots of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, or VMFAT-101, Sharpshooters have qualified combat aviators and sent them to squadrons around the world. The sundown commemorates the squadron’s history and contributions to Marine Corps readiness since its commissioning in 1969 when instructors first taught pilots to fly the F-4 Phantom II.” Click here to read the rest of this article.