The aviator was from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, nicknamed the "Death Rattlers", based at MCAS Miramar in San Diego, Calif.
What does VFA stand for?
VFA stands for Fighter Attack Squadron (US Navy aviation unit designation used from 1980 to 1983)
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Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) graduate; exchange pilot with the Royal Air Force; commanding officer of Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron 251; and combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm.
Ben Buerke, a member of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, based in Miramar, Calif.
William "Chester" Waldron, Commanding Officer of the "Black Knights" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA 314, performs a super sonic fly-by during filming for the upcoming motion picture production "Stealth," on board USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 242 was first established as a Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron in July 1943 and flew the TBF/TBM Avenger in WW II.