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Commander C. E. Waring the VSF-1 Commanding Officer is on the left; Captain F. W. Oliver
the Commanding Officer of NAS Fallon, Nevada is on the right. In the backgound is a YA-4B
Skyhawk BuNo 145002 "Rudolph the Red Nosed Skyhawk." Captain Oliver presents a "War Eagle" in the form of a red-tailed hawk to Commander Waring the Commander of Anti Submarine Fighter Squadron One. VSF-1 was at Fallon for weapons training and received the "War Eagle" as its new mascot, symbolic of the spirit within the squadron. "Rudolph the Red Nosed Skyhawk" had a Grumman F-11A Tiger radar nose grafted to the body. The nose was painted red with a white eye and black pupil. |