Fighter Squadron 83 'Warhawks' was established in the Summer of 1964 as an F-8 Squadron aboard the OFS Kingfisher Aircraft Carrier alongside the VF-12 'Knights'.
In summer of 1971, the Squadron would receive proven F-4B Phantoms to Replace their Crusaders while the Air wings leading Squadron was tasked with learning the then State-of-the-art F-14A Tomcat. It would be their Transfer aboard the OFS Vulture where the Warhawks and Knights would earn their reputation during the Adama Island Rebellion in which pro-Yuktobanian rebels seized the country of Adama, ousting the Osean backed DeJure government.
During a tense thirteen week geopolitical standoff, the brand new Vulture, joined later by the Hubert, Buzzard and Crane would fly sorties to support pro-Osean forces in the country, including a failed naval landing and prison break. Warhawks pilots claimed two kills during the Civil War, both rebel F-5s.The Warhawks would remain in F-4 Phantoms until the mid 1980s, Upgrading to the F-14A
