u/TomcatRonin

Most squadrons want a warm body in any cockpit. We fly one jet, the F-14B, and we fly it properly. If your idea of fun is firing off Phoenixes and logging off, you'll be happier somewhere else. If it's learning the Cat inside and out, from BFM and radar work to Case I and III recoveries, until you can put it on the deck at night without thinking about it, keep reading.

VF-103 is the Tomcat squadron inside vCSG-3, a structured virtual Carrier Strike Group running real ops, weekly briefed training, and full strike packages. We're Eastern Time. We fly Tuesdays and Thursdays, brief before, debrief after, and actually act on the lessons. The standard is high. The vibe is not. Bolter twice in a row and you'll hear about it for a week. And we're in it for the long haul: when Heatblur releases the F-14B(U), we're moving the whole squadron to it.

Who we want

• F-14B pilots and RIOs who want to truly learn the airframe and fly it as a crew
• People who value discipline, tight formation, and clear comms
• A sense of humor and some respect for naval aviation heritage

What you get

• Weekly briefed training: BFM, BVR, LANTIRN, formation, comms
• Multi-ship missions with layered objectives, not one-and-done furballs
• Instructors who actually enjoy bringing pilots and RIOs up to standard
• A small, tight squadron where you're a crew, not a callsign on a roster
• Up to 2 Annual deployments

Requirements

• 18+
• Roughly 50% attendance on squadron nights
• HOTAS, head tracking, mic, Discord
• Supercarrier, NTTR, Syria, Persian Gulf maps (or a plan to grab them soon)

Front and back seats open, and room for a few more. If you want to stop flying in an F-14 and start flying as a Tomcat crew, there's a spot on the boat.

🎥 Recruitment video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJR3IaA-mnk
🔗 Full rundown: https://virtualvf103.com/
🎯 Discord: https://discord.gg/WWqWrqXWe

VF-103 Jolly Rogers. We only fly one jet. That's the point.