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LEMOORE, Calif.-Maintenance Officer Lt. Cmdr. Kristen Hansen conducted the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113's last flight of a fleet F/A-18C Hornet based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore Feb. 17.
The Stingers completed the transition from the A-7E Corsair II to the F/A18A Hornet in December 1983, making VFA-113 the Navy's first fleet operational combat-ready strike fighter squadron, and establishing the squadron's motto of "First and Finest." In 1989, VFA-113 accepted delivery of the upgraded F/A-18C Hornet.
The Stingers began their transition to the F/A-18E Super Hornet in March. In August 2014, the squadron embarked on its...