VFC-111 operates as part of the U.S. Navy Reserve's fleet adversary program, providing dissimilar air combat training to fleet strike fighter and Marine fighter attack squadrons, as well as U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard fighter squadrons.

Ostensibly assigned to the Navy Reserve's Tactical Support Wing, VFC-111 is actually an Active-Reserve Integration (ARI) unit composed of both Regular Navy and Navy Reserve personnel.
In this capacity, it has assumed the adversary role of a since deactivated active duty squadron at NAS Key West known as Fighter Squadron 45 (VF-45).
VFC-111's unique location at NAS Key West, Florida, home of the Navy's Strike Fighter Air Readiness Program (SFARP), eliminates costly adversary detachments and also provides a significant portion of adversary support to all F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadrons (FRS) in the Navy and Marine Corps, i.e., VFA-106 at NAS Oceana, Virginia; VFA-122 at NAS Lemoore, California; VMFAT-101 at MCAS Miramar, California; and more recently with VAQ-129 at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington following that squadron's stand-up of EA-18G Growler training.
With the standup of the Navy and Marine Corps F-35 Fleet Replacement Squadrons, i.e., VFA-101 at Eglin AFB, Florida; VFA-125 at NAS Lemoore, and VMFAT-501 at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, VFC-111 will provide support to these units as well.
VFC-111 operates as part of the U.S. Navy Reserve's fleet adversary program, providing dissimilar air combat training to fleet strike fighter and Marine fighter attack squadrons, as well as U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard fighter squadrons.
Ostensibly assigned to the Navy Reserve's Tactical Support Wing, VFC-111 is actually an Active-Reserve Integration (ARI) unit composed of both Regular Navy and Navy Reserve personnel. In this capacity, it has assumed the adversary role of a since deactivated active duty squadron at NAS Key West known as Fighter Squadron 45 (VF-45). VFC-111's unique location at NAS Key West, Florida, home of the Navy's Strike Fighter Air Readiness Program (SFARP), eliminates costly adversary detachments and also provides a significant portion of adversary support to all F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadrons (FRS) in the Navy and Marine Corps, i.e., VFA-106 at NAS Oceana, Virginia; VFA-122 at NAS Lemoore, California; VMFAT-101 at MCAS Miramar, California; and more recently with VAQ-129 at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington following that squadron's stand-up of EA-18G Growler training. With the standup of the Navy and Marine Corps F-35 Fleet Replacement Squadrons, i.e., VFA-101 at Eglin AFB, Florida; VFA-125 at NAS Lemoore, and VMFAT-501 at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, VFC-111 will provide support to these units as well.
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