VFA-41 - callsign: "Black Aces" F4 Phantoms
1-300 decals for VFA-41. Each sheet contains 5 AG and 5 AE tail codes and supporting markings suficient to out fit a total of 10 airframes.
In 1962, VF-41 started flying F-4B Phantom II from USS Independence. During this period the tail code for the squadron was AG. They made a special deployment to NAS Key West, Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In May 1965, the squadron deployed to the western Pacific for seven months of combat operations during the Vietnam War. They flew a wide range of missions: fighter cover, reconnaissance escort, flak suppression and day/night interdiction.
During the 1970s they transitioned to F-4J. The next five deployments (flying the F-4J,B,N) were on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt with CVW-6 tail code AE. They took part during the Yom Kippur War providing escorts for Operation Nickel Grass and were part of the peacekeeping force that helped keep the truce after the war.
The decals are sized specifically to GHQ's F-4 casting but the red band is extra-long to fit multiple manufactures models. It will need to be trimmed to fit.
Correct time period USA Star & Bar decals can be founde HERE