So I was watching a 1980s movie called "The final Countdown" (read my post here) which is about a US Aircraft Carrier. Majority of the fighter jets seen in the film were F-14 tomcats. Every Super Dimensional Fortress Macross fan knows that the VF-1 transforming units have a mode called Fighter where they take on the form of advanced F-14 fighter jets that can move in outer space.
During one part in the movie a whole bunch of fighters were launching and I noticed the Black, gold and skull markings on some of the fighters. The Final Countdown came out in 1980 while Macross was aired in 1982 in Japan. I did some research on the net and the US Squadron is the VFA-103 aka "Jolly Rogers". This squad has been in service since the 50s although I don't know then they started using the Skull and crossbone markings. Kind of cool to know that the Japanese Anime production team was inspired by a real and active fighter jet squadron
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