Tophatters participate in Alaskan exercise.
The Tophatters of VFA-14, above, completed a detachment to Anchorage, Alaska. Seven VFA-14 Super Hornets had left NAS (1) See network access server.
(2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular Lemoore, Calif., following two Air Force KC-135s on the five-hour flight to the land of the midnight sun The Land of the Midnight Sun is used to refer to many northern regions in the world above the arctic circle including: - Sweden
- Finland
- Norway
- The northern regions of Canada, including the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
- Greenland
- Lapland
- Alaska
. The missions flown included an assortment of dissimilar aircraft training, simulated air-to-ground attacks and participation in large strike packages with Air Force assets. The USAF F-15 Eagles were outfitted with the APG-63(V)2 Active Electronic Scanned Array, Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) is a US joint service helmet mounted display produced by VSI under contract to Boeing which projects information similar to head up display on the visor thereby allowing the aircrew to cue the weapons system to the direction the head is and high off-boresight A1M-9X missiles. The Tophatter's Super Hornets, with no external tanks or pylons, each bagged many F-15s. In four days of flying, the Tophatters were able to simulate air-to-ground attacks and complete 45 sorties, amassing 110 flight hours with no sorties missed.
By Lt. Erick Kammeyer, VFA-14 PAO PAO Peak acid output, see there
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