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Originally Posted by Olefin
And the mix of planes in the provisional squadron screams "flown off either a crippled or lost carrier". The F-14D is the best clue - there were only three carriers that flew them at that time - Stennis, TR and if I remember correctly one CV.
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Yea, but that was in real life where a total of only 55 F-14Ds were built and the last one was delivered in 1994. In a world where the Cold War never ended, there would be more than that.
Not that real life deployments are binding here, but for those who are curious:
* VF-2 "Bounty Hunters", CVW-2. Deployed on USS
Constellation CV-64 May 1994 to June 2003.
* VF-11 "Red Rippers", VW-14. Deployed on USS
Carl Vinson CVN-70 February 1994 to November 1996 before converting to F-14Bs.
* VF-31 "Tomcatters", CVW-14. Deployed on USS
Carl Vinson CVN-70 February 1994 to November 1996, on USS
Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 June 1998 to May 2003, on USS
John C. Stennis CVN-74 May to November 2004. Moved to CVW-8 and was on USS
Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 December 2005 to March 2006.
* VF-124 "", PACFLT Readiness Squadron. Small number served briefly.