Manufacturer:  Hobbymaster Material: Diecast metal Length: 26 cm   Wingspan: 27 cm Note: This is not a toy. 

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 Following the move to NAS Oceana, VF-143 deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-61) in 1976 for her maiden Tomcat deployment in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

In 1953, when the original squadron commander brought the insignia design home, his wife remarked that the creature’s open mouth and drooped head made it look like a "pukin' dog". The pilots embraced the moniker, and it became the squadron's famous unofficial title.

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