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Welcome to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 website! Located onboard Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia. "The World-Famous Pukin’ Dogs" report operationally to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3, which is a part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2, and administratively to Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic. We fly the single seat variant of the Navy’s newest strike fighter aircraft the F/A-18E Super Hornet. The F/A-18E model was designed for traditional air superiority, fighter escort, reconnaissance, aerial refueling, close air support, forward air control (airborne), air defense suppression and day/night precision strike, while at the same time increasing strike mission survivability and supplements the fleet air defense.