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    F/A-18A Hornet USMC VMFA-333 Fighting Shamrocks 1/72 Die Cast Model

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      USMC VMFA-333 Fighting Shamrocks, DN, Late 1980s

      VMFA-333 "Fighting Shamrocks" or "Trip Trey" (333) originally formed on August 1, 1943 and fought in WWII until being de-activated on November 1, 1945. On August 1, 1952 the squadron was re-activated and went on to fight in Vietnam and "Operation Desert Storm". In October 1987 VMFA-333 upgraded from their F-4 Phantom IIs to the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The "Fighting Shamrock" F/A-18s wear three very distinctive shamrocks painted on their vertical stabilizers. On March 31, 1992 the Trip Trey was once again de-activated.