MUTHA!!!!!!! J.S. Davenport ...R.I.P. Sunrise 12/14/73 Sunset 06/10/03 WestPac Diamondbacks, Superheats, Evaluators, and home again. Miss you, till we meet again.
Even though I was a Be-Deviler ariframer and troubleshooter, I give props to the Jolly Rogers on one fine paint scheme. Nice video, keep up the good work. Tomcats forever! There are only 2 types of aircraft, fighters and targets!!!
The Jolly Rogers Will Never die when the fighting 84 th was disestablished in 95 they simply sneak up and took over fighing 103 .What do pirates do when their ship is sunk? They take over another.And that's what the 'Jolly Rogers' did
When I was maybe 8 yrs. old ,my brother built a scale model F14 Skull and Cross bones and since then I've been a fan of the Jolly Rogers they are the shit!!!! Most intimidating F14
Great video! I rember the first time I saw a F-14 with that skull and crossbones. Too bad they went away from the white paint with the full color vertical stabs....
No body else gets the job done except for the two seaters. 14's can't keep up with the 18F's not to mention the Jolly Rogers are world famous twice in a row coast to coast.
Be a JR's fan from when I was a kid I have to say this is one of the best vids on You Tube, and that's saying something considering it's mostly made up of pics!
I know that the F/A-18's are not as good as the F-14 but the tomcat had some draw backs like their long range missles (very easy to get away from it because its flying at mach 5). They should have kept the F-14
F-14 Tomcats are true eagles of steel. F-16 and the other figthers seem not to have his same appeal. I don't simply get to think in jets without it comes me the mind F-14! As well as when I think about RAF, and I see Spitfires. I don't enter in the merit that they need to be substituted by newer and efficient models.
I just see them as simple amateurs occupying an empty space.
It's "Bad to the Bone" A play on the Jolly Rogers saying "Fear the Bones". Yes the VF-103 of Air Wing AA assumed the name of the Jolly Rogers in the mid 90's. Yes as far as top speed and Top Speed under a full load out The F/A-18F the were mandated too is inadequate. Also the F-14Bs they flew were more mobile than the F/A-18 despite their size. All in all The F-14s are better dogfighters without the factor of having a Pilot or RIO come into effect.
i don't mind the Tomcat retiring, after all 35 years it deserves a rest, but to be replaced, by an inferior design i do mind. What should be rolling off the production line is the SuperTomcat 21.
You are correct! It is neither the name nor the emblem that makes the squadron, but, the brave souls that serve in it. VF-103 has a long and proud history. I posted a video (formerly 8mm film) that I made of VF-103 on the USS Saratoga back in 1976. It is titled "VF-103 Sluggers".
@JediRevan The Jolly Rogers are a US Navy fighter squadron, not a bunch of air force pussies who sit around and watch TV all day while the Navy and Marines do the real flying. Also, I wanted to fly with the Jolly Rogers too, but the Navy has retired the F-14 Tomcat, and I really cant forgive them for that, so I plan on flying for the US Marines in VMFA(AW)553 Hawks.
YEAHH! I love Jolly Rogers!! Seen them live here in Croatia, when they were a part of a joint military exercise called "JOINT WINGS", at Pula, Croatia in 2002.
I hope they aren't trying to pass off ALL of those pictures as Jolly Rogers tomcats, because they aren't. I'd say at least 2/3s of those pictures were robbed from Torsten Anft's Tomcat website (as can be evidenced by the logos in some pictures)... 'sok video I guess, but they could've done a LOT better.
No I was just doing an amature video tribute to my old squadron. I tried to keep other visible squadron logos to a minimum. Just doing a little fun. What the Hell!
In that, you have succeeded... far better video than I could've made! (if I could find a way to steam all of the little video segments of F-14s I've filmed together, I could make one though...)
I am a proud ex-jollyroger of VF-84!! Job well done. At minute 4:52 of this video is a picture of one of our pilots doing the LSO. What was his name? LT?? Thanks. Mac Mclain
MUTHA!!!!!!! J.S. Davenport ...R.I.P. Sunrise 12/14/73 Sunset 06/10/03 WestPac Diamondbacks, Superheats, Evaluators, and home again. Miss you, till we meet again.
STREETLIFE167 7 months ago
I was in Norfolk Va. and saw a deck full of Jolly Rogers, What a great sight!!!
95tahoe1 9 months ago
Even though I was a Be-Deviler ariframer and troubleshooter, I give props to the Jolly Rogers on one fine paint scheme. Nice video, keep up the good work. Tomcats forever! There are only 2 types of aircraft, fighters and targets!!!
vf74tomcat 9 months ago
excellent....
lidbeck32 11 months ago
hell ya jolly rogers ftw
abot19 1 year ago
jolly rogers,anytime baby!
f14jockey1 1 year ago
Always love their paint scheme, pure Navy.
Lionwolf0777 1 year ago
VF17, the original, where the best squadron of the pacific. and one bunch of extremly gifted lunatics.
they made the corsair carrier worthy....and a "Big Pig" famous.
long live JR!
TomGS 1 year ago
@TomGS My Uncle Ray Beacham flew with this squadron in the Pacific. Call sign: Kitty Hawk Kid.
revdrcindy@yahoo.com
stpatsdaygirl55 1 year ago
I love the VF-84
delanyify 1 year ago
VF-84 Jolly Rogers & VF-142 Ghostriders best colours!
Kupferstecher2007 2 years ago 3
The Jolly Rogers Will Never die when the fighting 84 th was disestablished in 95 they simply sneak up and took over fighing 103 .What do pirates do when their ship is sunk? They take over another.And that's what the 'Jolly Rogers' did
cypris2002 2 years ago 3
When I was maybe 8 yrs. old ,my brother built a scale model F14 Skull and Cross bones and since then I've been a fan of the Jolly Rogers they are the shit!!!! Most intimidating F14
tjtoral 2 years ago
The F14 and F4U looks so much better than the Hornet in the colors.
xxREDLEADER1xx 2 years ago 2
Salute!
tyramsey15 2 years ago
Love the big turkeys.
superdonkeyballs 2 years ago 2
On the Nimitz for the 1st time in 76...Along with VF41 Black Aces--Fightin Fuckin FourtyOne
CVAN687478 2 years ago
FEAR THE BONES---one the the most bad ass paint schemes of any fighter squadron
CVAN687478 2 years ago 9
Nice job! I was in VF-84 from 76' thru Oct 80'.
I was there for the arrival of the very first Tomcat.
Phantoms were already gone, so I had to spend some time in VF-101 until we received our birds.
Again.........nice tribute!
AMH-2 R.S.S.
kwwkjock 3 years ago
whats the name of the song?...
Tomcat rules baby
zelcklee 3 years ago
Bad to the bone George Thorogood
Jollyrogerdoc 3 years ago
Great video! I rember the first time I saw a F-14 with that skull and crossbones. Too bad they went away from the white paint with the full color vertical stabs....
ViperKeeper2070 3 years ago
No body else gets the job done except for the two seaters. 14's can't keep up with the 18F's not to mention the Jolly Rogers are world famous twice in a row coast to coast.
beachguy6761 3 years ago
PO3 ABE CV-67 87-91.....
v1fly1 3 years ago
Loved the CAG 8 shots of the fighting 84 on Nimitz. Yep, that was on my watch. Glad that Hornet outfit adopted the badest squadron colors out there
VS24AT 3 years ago
nice even if most of the patches are fakes!!
but the rest is ok
miramartomcat999 3 years ago
Be a JR's fan from when I was a kid I have to say this is one of the best vids on You Tube, and that's saying something considering it's mostly made up of pics!
Bubo25 4 years ago
As long as the jolly Rogers still fly off of flattops your uncle will live on
snakestomper 4 years ago
i am truly an old jolly 1962-64 you need some photos of a real gunfighter the f-8
rosechols 4 years ago
F-8 Crusader Hooyah! :)
(I read as much as I can about the Jolly Rogers from the Tomcats on back.)
paintballsniper777 4 years ago
No kill, Like a guns kill,F-8's forever,the last of the gunfighters
snakestomper 4 years ago
lol at 2:33
favioalex 4 years ago
Bliss him. He is not forgotten.
Jollyrogerdoc 4 years ago 2
What about the F/A-18F Superhornets? The F-14 are no longer in service.
F22RaptorFF 4 years ago
The Hornets are crap see my earlier post. Newer isn't always better. Coarse You'd have to not be a Raptor Fanboy to understand that.
paintballsniper777 4 years ago
I know that the F/A-18's are not as good as the F-14 but the tomcat had some draw backs like their long range missles (very easy to get away from it because its flying at mach 5). They should have kept the F-14
F22RaptorFF 4 years ago
mach 3 on those missles and the jet was bad ass. A 30 year-old design that can still hold it's own today.
aerobbins 4 years ago
Hell yea Tomcats = Sierra Hotel
wittmann 4 years ago
F-14 Tomcats are true eagles of steel. F-16 and the other figthers seem not to have his same appeal. I don't simply get to think in jets without it comes me the mind F-14! As well as when I think about RAF, and I see Spitfires. I don't enter in the merit that they need to be substituted by newer and efficient models.
I just see them as simple amateurs occupying an empty space.
Grayphus 4 years ago
it my dream to fly with this squadron the "vf-84 jolly rogers" this squadron have very big story
tomcatakis 4 years ago
It's "Bad to the Bone" A play on the Jolly Rogers saying "Fear the Bones". Yes the VF-103 of Air Wing AA assumed the name of the Jolly Rogers in the mid 90's. Yes as far as top speed and Top Speed under a full load out The F/A-18F the were mandated too is inadequate. Also the F-14Bs they flew were more mobile than the F/A-18 despite their size. All in all The F-14s are better dogfighters without the factor of having a Pilot or RIO come into effect.
paintballsniper777 4 years ago
what song???i love jolly rogers^^
Kupferstecher2007 4 years ago
u gotta love jack
chipmunkfilms 4 years ago
Long live the Jolly Rogers!
Arsenic11B 4 years ago
Oh wow, you mean to tell me there are actual Jolly Rogers and Sluggers members here? Please do tell
miguelitogg 4 years ago
i don't mind the Tomcat retiring, after all 35 years it deserves a rest, but to be replaced, by an inferior design i do mind. What should be rolling off the production line is the SuperTomcat 21.
alaskanmarine1 4 years ago
That superbug is sure ugly.
alaskanmarine1 4 years ago 2
The Hornet, ugly? Of course not. If it were farm farming equipment or a Cadillac sitting on its side with the fins and all. Lol
miguelitogg 4 years ago
Not bad! But the Sluggers still rock harder!!!
buzhopper 4 years ago
Dude the Sluggers the Jolly Rogers are the best of the best no one rocks harder!
f14enthusiast 4 years ago
well since the Sluggers are the Jolly Rogers now, they both rock.
SoloPixie 4 years ago
You are correct! It is neither the name nor the emblem that makes the squadron, but, the brave souls that serve in it. VF-103 has a long and proud history. I posted a video (formerly 8mm film) that I made of VF-103 on the USS Saratoga back in 1976. It is titled "VF-103 Sluggers".
buzhopper 4 years ago
I want a copy of that "Jet Ski." Image.
Get it, "Jet Ski?"
Mobius4Bigboss 5 years ago
I live in sweden and might emigrate to the us and join the usaf just because I love the Jolly Rogers!
JediRevan 5 years ago
The Jolly Rogers currently VFA-103 is a navy squadron. You would have to join the navy and not the air force.
Jollyrogerdoc 5 years ago
Ok thanks :D I appreciate it!
JediRevan 5 years ago
@JediRevan The Jolly Rogers are a US Navy fighter squadron, not a bunch of air force pussies who sit around and watch TV all day while the Navy and Marines do the real flying. Also, I wanted to fly with the Jolly Rogers too, but the Navy has retired the F-14 Tomcat, and I really cant forgive them for that, so I plan on flying for the US Marines in VMFA(AW)553 Hawks.
FutureMarine1775USA 4 months ago
Really?! I saw VF-124 doing touch and go maneuvres over Fightertown USA. June/July 1993. :-)
JollyRogerVF84 5 years ago
YEAHH! I love Jolly Rogers!! Seen them live here in Croatia, when they were a part of a joint military exercise called "JOINT WINGS", at Pula, Croatia in 2002.
aerozg 5 years ago
The Jolly Rogers are the best! But there are of course also other great Tomcat VF's! I have a "Fighting 84" patch on the back, my bomber jacket.:-)
JollyRogerVF84 5 years ago
I hope they aren't trying to pass off ALL of those pictures as Jolly Rogers tomcats, because they aren't. I'd say at least 2/3s of those pictures were robbed from Torsten Anft's Tomcat website (as can be evidenced by the logos in some pictures)... 'sok video I guess, but they could've done a LOT better.
jhousdan 5 years ago
No I was just doing an amature video tribute to my old squadron. I tried to keep other visible squadron logos to a minimum. Just doing a little fun. What the Hell!
Jollyrogerdoc 5 years ago
In that, you have succeeded... far better video than I could've made! (if I could find a way to steam all of the little video segments of F-14s I've filmed together, I could make one though...)
jhousdan 5 years ago
I did with the windows moviemaker that came on the computer and a lot of trail and error. Go for it!
Jollyrogerdoc 5 years ago
I am a proud ex-jollyroger of VF-84!! Job well done. At minute 4:52 of this video is a picture of one of our pilots doing the LSO. What was his name? LT?? Thanks. Mac Mclain
mclain4062 5 years ago
The LSO pictured is Lt Steve Cummings
Jollyrogerdoc 5 years ago