Jolly Rogers(Skull squadron) 60th ann. scheme

[David Hingtgen]

Just found it mentioned in my Tomcat vs Hornet issue of Air Forces Monthly, and now there's pics online. Go here for all of them:

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/jollyro...ers60thdp_1.htm

Just imagine what the 100th anniversary will look like! (1943-2043)--maybe on a VF-19.

[Commander McBride]

Sweet! Now I just gotta get the thing mapped on the the tail of my FS2004 F-14!

[Lightning]

wow, that looks sweet!

I'd like to see what the 80th looks like....(1943-2023) that would be on a VF-4!

[Isamu Atreides 86]

do they still use that insignia in active service? i remember someone had said that the colors had been retired to make the -14s low vis and all that....

[Lightning]

it's got a low vis scheme (for the reg planes), just the CAG and squad leader birds have the full scheme (?)

[Knight26]

Nice pic DH, good to be back, would have been her sooner but was finishing up a major rewrite.

[Commander McBride]

it's got a low vis scheme (for the reg planes), just the CAG and squad leader birds have the full scheme (?)

I think this is just a unique anniversary bird.

[David Hingtgen]

Since VF-103's current modex is 100, they can match a modex with their squadron number---#103. Thus, they usually keep 3 planes in high-vis: 101, 102, and 103. 103 is generally the most colorful of all for VF-103--and is currently in annv. colors. (Right now for most Navy squadrons, X01 will be in FULL colors, while X02 will be in a slightly colorized version of the low-vis colors). I would presume 101 and 102 are still in the last style we saw---high-vis full color, with a rather deep shade of golden yellow.

VF-111 could never do this, as they always got 200-series modex numbers. (At least for the F-14--might have had 100-series decades ago)