The Jolly Rogers Planes thoughout their history.

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:01 pm

The history of the many Jolly Rogers planes and their Squadrons:

VF-17 (1/1/1943 - 4/10/1944)

F4U-1 Corsair (1943-1944)
F6F-5 Hellcat (1944)

VF-5 (11/15/1946 - 7/28/1948)

F4U-4D Corsair (1946-1947)
F6F-5 Hellcat (1946-1947)

VF-61 (7/28/1948 - 4/15/1959)

F4U-4D Corsair (1948)
F8F-2 Bearcat (1949-51)
F9F-2/4/5 Panther (1951-1953)
F9F-6/8 Couger (1953-1956)
FJ-3D Fury (1955-1956)
F3H-2M Demon (1956-1959)

VF-84 (4/15/1960 - 9/29/1995)

F8U-2 Crusader (1960-1964)
F-4B/J/N Phantom II (1964-1976)
F-14A/B Tomcat (1976-1995)

VF-103 (10/1/1995 - 2/??/2005)

F-14B Tomcat (1995-2/??/2005)

VFA-103 (2/??/2005 - Present)

F/A-18F (2/??/2005-Present)

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:03 pm

BTW, even though it is very nice, the BBI 1:18 F/A-18C Jolly Rogers scheme is not an actual plane. VFA-103 only used F/A-18Fs in their Squadron.

snake · Post by **snake** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:17 pm

Also the paint scheme on the BBI F-18 "Jolly Rogers" is ficticious,as far as I know.Should be mostly gray,with the distinctive JR black skull and crossbones on the tails only.
No idea why BBI decided to do a "fantasy"scheme.
I would have prefered a proper scheme.

Black Lion VF-213 · Post by **Black Lion VF-213** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:19 pm

Yeah I too would have liked to see BBI paint it with the proper gray scheme. However, that would have required them to make a Super Hornet. The one legacy Hornet that BBI should have done was the VFA-37 Ragin Bulls scheme. It's beautiful and all with that black and blue bull that reminds me of the Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull!!