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As VFA-143 continued its transition from the F-14B Tomcat to the F/A-18E Super Hornet, the squadron celebrated numerous awards for excellence in 2004.


As VFA-143 continued its transition from the F-14B Tomcat A popular Java servlet container from the Apache Jakarta project. Tomcat uses the Jasper converter to turn JSPs into servlets for execution. Tomcat is widely used with the JBoss application server. For more information, visit http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat. See Jakarta and JBoss.  to the F/A-18E Super Hornet hornet: see wasp. , the squadron celebrated numerous awards for excellence in 2004. The Pukin' Dogs received the AIRLANT AIRLANT Commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic  Safety "S"; Battle "E"; Adm. Joseph C. Clifton Award; VAdm. Richard "Sweet Pea sweet pea, annual climbing plant (Lathyrus odoratus) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), a legume native to S Europe but, since its introduction to horticulture c.1700, widely cultivated for its fragrant flowers. " Allen Precision Strike Award; and the Fighter Fling trophy. VFA-143 personnel also received recognition for their individual achievements:

COMFITWINGLANT Ordnance Officer of the Year--CWO2 Leroy Latasa; COMFITWINGLANT RIO of the Year--LCdr. Marc Miguez; AIRLANT Pilot of the Year--LCdr. Jon Shoemaker; Junior Officer of the Year Peer Leadership Award--LCdr. Robert Gentry.
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Publication:Naval Aviation News
Date:Sep 1, 2005
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