Established  20 years ago flying on the Jane's F/A-18 platform, VFA-41 was re-commissioned on July 4th, 2018 as a virtual carrier squadron in the DCS simulator environment. The Black Aces have flown in 10 customized campaign deployments in the past 8 years, currently engaged in Operation Odin's Shield. Only time will tell what the next 20 years bring! |
Having met the prescribed 
20 years ago flying on the Jane's F/A-18 platform, VFA-41 was re-commissioned on July 4th, 2018 as a virtual carrier squadron in the DCS simulator environment. The Black Aces have flown in 10 customized campaign deployments in the past 8 years, currently engaged in Operation Odin's Shield. Only time will tell what the next 20 years bring!
That fresh-faced young pilot in the brand new flight suit still with the just-out-of-the-box creases? That's none other than Deadeye, who has been granted a commission in VFA-41 at the rank of Ensign (ENS). Once the XO's car has achieved that signature Black Aces wax shine, Deadeye will be working through the Basic Qualification program to earn his Wings of Gold as a Naval Aviator.
In order to limit Soviet warfighting capability, US Navy attack jets launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier attacked and destroyed a power plant near the town of Ivalo. Sources said that the plant was protected by an array of anti-air defenses that were neutralized by AGM-88 anti-radar missiles before the main attack force bombed the plant. One Navy jet was lost to a short-range surface-to-air missile near the site, while another was downed by an enemy aircraft. Additional details were published 
