July 2008, VMFA-115 celebrate their 65th Anniversary while deployed to Al Asad, Iraq ISO Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
VMFA-115 are the first single seat FAC-A hornet squadron in theater providing close air support and overhead security across Iraq.
Major Joseph Foss, an ace who held the World War II Marine Corps record for shooting down 26 enemy aircraft, took command of VMF-115 16 days later.
Maj. Foss, had received the Congressional Medal of Honor by the Honorable President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. He made an impression on the pilots of the newly formed squadron, who quickly decided that VMF-115 would be known as "Joe's Jokers."
Walt Disney studios created the original insignia, a stack of playing cards with a cartoon F4U-1 Corsair smoking a cigar on the top card, in the late 1940's to represent the squadron's balance of aerial combat prowess and high spirits.
The Joe's Jokers emblem now resides on the tail end, while Foss' name and Medal of Honor are printed beside the cockpit. The Marines added a South Carolina flag to the speed brake to represent the squadron's current home, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
BuNo: 163094
65th Anniversary Edition
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