Friday, December 23, 2016

Final product photos HA5101 F/A-18E Super Hornet VFA-14 Tophatters.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA5101 F/A-18E Super Hornet 16634, VFA-14 Tophatters "90th Anniversary Scheme" USS Nimitz, 2009.

VFA-14 “Tophatters” call themselves the oldest and boldest and with good reason, they formed in 1919 making them the oldest active USN squadron. The squadron began aircraft-carrier service aboard the USS Langley. 

The original squadron name was adopted in 1927, the“High-Hatters” which was relevant for the day and supposed to mean the very best, elite. 

In 1942 the name was changed to “Tophatters”. In 2001 the squadron became VFA-14 instead of VF-14 and are based at NAS Lemoore, California. This scheme represents the 90th Anniversary of the squadron.







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