DEPART. OF DEFENSE

US MARINE CORPS

      Program instruktora taktike borbenih aviona Sjedinjenih Američkih Država (SFTI program), popularnije poznat kao Top Gun (stilizirano kao TOPGUN), program je obuke Mornarice Sjedinjenih Država koji podučava taktike i tehnike manevriranja u avio borbi odabrane mornaričke avijatičare i mornaričke letačke oficire (pilote), koji se vraćaju u svoje operativne jedinice kao zamjenski instruktori.

      Program je započeo kao Škola borbenog oružja ratne mornarice Sjedinjenih Država, osnovana 03. 03. 1969. u bivšoj pomorskoj avio bazi Miramar u San Diegu, Kalifornija. Godine 1996. škola je spojena sa Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center u Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.

      The United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (SFTI program), more popularly known as Top Gun (stylized as TOPGUN), is a United States Navy training program that teaches air combat maneuvering tactics and techniques to selected naval aviators and naval flight officers, who return to their operating units as surrogate instructors.

      The program began as the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, established on 3 March 1969,[at the former Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. In 1996, the school was merged into the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.

      Patrolna eskadrila FIVE (VP-5) dugovječna je pomorska patrolna eskadrila Ratne mornarice Sjedinjenih Država. To je druga eskadrila koja nosi oznaku VP-5. VP-5 je druga najstarija patrolna eskadrila, četvrta najstarija u mornarici Sjedinjenih Država i 33. najstarija eskadrila u vojsci Sjedinjenih Država. Od 2019., VP-5 je još uvijek aktivna i nalazi se u pomorskoj zračnoj bazi Jacksonville, Florida.

      Patrol Squadron FIVE (VP-5) is a long-lived maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy. It is the second squadron to bear the VP-5 designation. VP-5 is the second oldest patrol squadron, the fourth oldest in the United States Navy, and the 33rd oldest squadron in the United States military. As of 2019, VP-5 is still active and is based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.

      Eskadrila borbenih aviona 24 (VF-24), nazvana Fighting Renegades bila je borbena eskadrila Ratne mornarice Sjedinjenih Država. Prvobitno osnovana kao borbena eskadrila 211 u lipnju 1955., preimenovana je u VF-24 9. ožujka 1959. i rasformirana 31. kolovoza 1996. Nadimak im je "Crveni karo" (Red Checkertails).

      Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24), called the Fighting Renegades was a fighter squadron of the United States Navy. Originally established as Fighter Squadron 211 in June 1955, it was redesignated VF-24 on 9 March 1959 and disestablished on 31 August 1996. Nicknamed "Red Checkertails".

      Strike Fighter Squadron 32 (VFA-32), pod nadimkom „Borbeni mačevaoci“ (Fighting Swordsmen) je udarna borbena eskadrila Mornarice Sjedinjenih Država koja trenutno leti na F/A-18F Super Hornetu i nalazi se na kopnu u pomorskoj avio bazi Oceana. Njihov radijski pozivni znak je Gypsy, a kod repa im je AC. „Borbeni mačevaoci“ VFA-32 dobitnici su nagrade Mutha Fighter Spirit za 2023. godinu, koja se svake godine dodjeljuje na balu mornaričkih borbenih pilota u Norfolku, VA. Misija im je vršenje zadaća na obali i moru, obrana flote od prijetnji iz zraka i mora i za provođenje svih drugih misija koje može dodijeliti ovlaštena vlast.

      Strike Fighter Squadron 32 (VFA-32), nicknamed the "Fighting Swordsmen" are a United States Navy strike fighter squadron presently flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet and based ashore at Naval Air Station Oceana. Their radio callsign is Gypsy and their tail code is AC. The Fighting Swordsmen of VFA-32 are the 2023 recipients of the Mutha Fighter Spirit Award, awarded annually at the Navy’s Strike Fighter Ball in Norfolk, VA. Their mission is: "Strike Fighter Squadron 32, as a part of United States Naval Aviation, utilizes the F/A-18F aircraft to project power ashore and at sea, to defend the Fleet against air and sea threats and to carry out all other missions which may be assigned by cognizant authority."