Last update on Aug.21, 2024
Strike Fighter Squadron 14 (VFA-14)
Lineage
Sep1919 established Pacific Fleet Air Detachment
15JUn1920 redesignated VT-5 (Torped & Bombing Squadron)
07Sep1921 redesignated VP-4-1 (Patrol Squadron)
23Sep1921 redesignated VF-4 (Fighting Squadron)
01Jul1922 redesignated VF-1 (Fighting Squadron)
01Jul1927 redesignated VF-1B (Fighting Squadron)
01Jul1934 redesignated VB-2B (Bombing Squadron)
01Jul1937 redesignated VB-3 (Bombing Squadron)
01Jul1939 redesignated VB-4 (Bombing Squadron)
15Mar1941 redesignated VS-41 (Scouting Squadron)
01Mar1943 redesignated VB-41 (Bombing Squadron)
04Aug1943 redesignated VB-4 (Bombing Squadron)
15Nov1946 redesignated VA-1A (Attack Squadron)
02Aug1948 redesignated VA-14 (Attack Squadron)
15Dec1949 redesignated VF-14 (Fighter Squadron)
01Dec2001 redesignated VFA-14
Nickname
Sep1919 - 1927 unknown
1927 - 1942 High Hatters
1942 - present Tophatters
Deployments
VB-4 15Feb1946 - 15Apr1946 SB2C-5 CV-40 CVG-4 T-1/1x Shakedown(Caribbean)
VB-4 28Jun1946 - 15Jul1946 SB2C-5 CV-40 CVG-4 T-1/1x Norfolk to San Diego
VB-4 01Aug1946 - 29Apr1947 SB2C-5 CV-40 CVG-4 T-3xx WestPac
VA-1A Sep1947 - Sep1947 SB2C-5 CV-40 CVAG-1 T-3xx EastPac
VA-14 01Oct1948 - 21Feb1949 F4U-4 CV-40 CVG-1 T-4xx World Cruise
VA-14 Sep1949 - Oct1949 F4U-4 CV-47 CVG-1 T-4xx Caribbean
VA-14 Dec1949 - Dec1949 F4U-4 CV-47 CVG-1 T-4xx NorLant
VF-14 11Jan1951 - 31Mar1951 F4U-4 CVL-49 T-4xx Med
VF-14 Nov1951 - Dec1951 F4U-4 CV-18 CVG-1 T-4xx Shakedown(WestLant)
VF-14 Apr1952 - May1952 F4U-4 CV-18 CVG-1 T-4xx NorLant, EastLant
VF-14 24May1952 - 13Oct1952 F4U-4 CV-18 CVG-1 T-4xx NorLant, Med
VF-14 01Jun1953 - 03Dec1953 F4U-4 CVA-42 CVG-1 T-4xx Med
VF-14 Sep1954 - Nov1954 F3D-2 CVA-11 ATG-201 4xx WestLant
VF-14 15Jan1957 - 22Jul1957 F3H-2N CVA-59 CVG-1 T-1xx Med
VF-14 16Aug1957 - 22Oct1957 F3H-2N CVA-59 CVG-1 AB-1xx NorLant
VF-14 Sep1958 - Nov1958 F3H-2 CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx Guantanamo, Cuba
VF-14 07Jan1959 - 23Jan1959 F3H-2/2N CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx Caribbean
VF-14 13Feb1959 - 28Aug1959 F3H-2 CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 Sep1959 - Oct1959 F3H-2 CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx WestLant
VF-14 28Jan1960 - 24Aug1960 F3H-2 CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 15Feb1961 - 28Aug1961 F3H-2 CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 18Nov1961 - 30Nov1961 F3H-2 CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx Caribbean
VF-14 20Jul1962 - 04Aug1962 F3H-2 CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx Guantanamo
VF-14 14Sep1962 - 22Apr1963 F3H-2 CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 22Nov1963 - 21Dec1963 F-4B CVA-42 CVG-1 AB-1xx WestLant
VF-14 Feb1964 - Mar1964 F-4B CVA-42 CVW-1 AB-1xx Caribbean
VF-14 28Apr1964 - 22Dec1964 F-4B CVA-42 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 28Jun1965 - 17Dec1965 F-4B CVA-42 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 24Jan1966 - 18Feb1966 F-4B CVA-42 CVW-1 AB-1xx Caribbean
VF-14 21Jun1966 - 21Feb1967 F-4B CVA-42 CVW-1 AB-1xx Vietnam War
VF-14 24Aug1967 - 19May1968 F-4B CVA-42 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 02Nov1968 - 16Dec1968 F-4B CVA-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Guantanamo
VF-14 17Feb1969 - 18Mar1969 F-4B CVA-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx WestLant
VF-14 05Apr1969 - 21Dec1969 F-4B CVA-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 14Sep1970 - 01Mar1971 F-4B CVA-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 18Nov1971 - 10May1972 F-4B CVA-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 Aug1972 - Aug1972 F-4B CVA-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx WestLant
VF-14 Sep1972 - 06Oct1972 F-4B CVA-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx NorLant
VF-14 16Apr1973 - 01Dec1973 F-4B CVA-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 07Apr1975 - 12May1975 F-14A CV-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx WestLant
VF-14 28Jun1975 - 27Jan1976 F-14A CV-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 Jun1976 - Jul1976 F-14A CV-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx WestLant
VF-14 02Sep1976 - 09Nov1976 F-14A CV-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx NorLant
VF-14 15Jan1977 - 01Aug1977 F-14A CV-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 07Nov1977 - 13Dec1977 F-14A CVN-69 CVW-1 AB-1xx Shakedown (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba)
VF-14 29Jun1978 - 08Feb1979 F-14A CV-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 04Aug1980 - 28Mar1981 F-14A CV-67 CVW-1 AB-1xx Med
VF-14 07Jun1982 - 22Dec1982 F-14A CV-62 CVW-6 AE-1xx Med
VF-14 18Oct1983 - 11Apr1984 F-14A CV-62 CVW-6 AE-1xx Med, Grenada
VF-14 16Oct1984 - 19Feb1985 F-14A CV-62 CVW-6 AE-1xx Med, Indian Ocean
VF-14 18Aug1986 - 02Mar1987 F-14A CV-67 CVW-3 AC-1xx Med
VF-14 02Aug1988 - 01Feb1989 F-14A CV-67 CVW-3 AC-1xx Med
VF-14 15Aug1990 - 28Mar1991 F-14A CV-67 CVW-3 AC-1xx Desert Shield & Desert Storm
VF-14 07Oct1992 - 07Apr1993 F-14A CV-67 CVW-3 AC-1xx Med
VF-14 05Feb1996 - 08Apr1996 F-14A CVN-74 CVW-8 AJ-2xx Shakedown(PR. Op. Areas)
VF-14 17May1996 - 26Jul1996 F-14A CV-67 CVW-8 AJ-2xx NorLant, Caribbean
VF-14 11Nov1996 - 12Dec1996 F-14A CV-67 CVW-8 AJ-2xx Caribbean
VF-14 29Apr1997 - 28Oct1997 F-14A CV-67 CVW-8 AJ-2xx Med, Persian Gulf
VF-14 26Mar1999 - 22Sep1999 F-14A CVN-71 CVW-8 AJ-2xx Med, Persian Gulf
VF-14 25Apr2001 - 10Nov2001 F-14A CVN-65 CVW-8 AJ-2xx Med, Persian Gulf
VFA-14 03Mar2003 - 05Nov2003 FA-18E CVN-68 CVW-11 NH-2xx WestPac, Persian Gulf
VFA-14 27May2004 - 23Jul2004 FA-18E CVN-76 CVW-11 NH-2xx Norfolk to San Diego
VFA-14 07May2005 - 08Nov2005 FA-18E CVN-68 CVW-11 NH-2xx WestPac, Persian Gulf
VFA-14 02Apr2007 - 30Sep2007 FA-18E CVN-68 CVW-11 NH-2xx WestPac, Persian Gulf
VFA-14 24Jan2008 - 03Jun2008 FA-18E CVN-68 CVW-11 NH-2xx WestPac
VFA-14 31Jul2009 - 26Mar2010 FA-18E CVN-68 CVW-11 NH-2xx WestPac, North Arabian Sea
VFA-14 25Jul2011 - 02Mar2012 FA-18E CVN-74 CVW-9 NG-2xx WestPac, North Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf
VFA-14 27Aug2012 - 03May2013 FA-18E CVN-74 CVW-9 NG-2xx WestPac, North Arabian Sea
VFA-14 15Jan2016 - 14Aug2016 FA-18E CVN-74 CVW-9 NG-2xx WestPac
VFA-14 18Oct2018 - 16May2019 FA-18E CVN-74 CVW-9 NG-2xx Bremerton to Norfolk
VFA-14 03Jan2022 - 11Aug2022 FA-18E CVN-72 CVW-9 NG-2xx WestPac, RIMPAC2022
VFA-14 11Jul2024 - FA-18E CVN-72 CVW-9 NG-2xx U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet AOO