: At the time of the photo, VF-194 was attached to Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) and was slated to serve aboard the USS Independence . However, budget cuts and strategic shifts led to the squadron's early decommissioning before it could complete a full deployment.
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The filename most commonly refers to a historical image of a Grumman F-14A Tomcat aircraft belonging to the Fighter Squadron 194 (VF-194) , known as the "Red Lightnings". VF-194 "Red Lightnings" and the F-14 Tomcat : At the time of the photo, VF-194
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VF-194 was one of the shortest-lived F-14 squadrons in U.S. Navy history, established on December 1, 1986, and disestablished in September 1988. Because of its brief existence, photographs of its aircraft are relatively rare and often archived in historical collections like the National Archives (NARA) and Wikimedia Commons .