The Sea Control Fighter Squadron (VFS) was a short-lived experiment by Osea's Department of the Navy intended to supplement carrier air wings by replacing their S-3s with the more versatile F-14A+, leveraging its use of the AGM-84 Harpoon, long range, and high speed. Although effective for ASuW, the major achilles' heel of the "SF-14" as crews called it was the lack of any substantial antisubmarine warfare capability. The three VFS squadrons (VFS-5, VFS-9, and VFS-36) were established in 1979 and transitioned to the S-3 by 1984. VFS-5, nicknamed the "Kingfishers," was the most successful, sinking multiple enemy warships including a light cruiser during the 1982 Kijera Strait Crisis
