Marine Corps, NAS Lemoore now hosts the Navy's entire west coast fighter/attack capability. NAS Lemoore was built "from the ground up" as a Master Jet Base, and has several operational advantages, and relatively few constraints, as a result. Strike Fighter Wing Pacific with its supporting facilities is home ported here. The primary aircraft based at NAS Lemoore is the F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter. In November, 1999, NAS Lemoore received its first F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, which replaced the F-14 Tomcat in fleet service as an air-superiority fighter and has assumed, in a different configuration, the role of older F/A-18 Hornet fighters. Currently, there are a total of 175 Hornets and Super Hornets home-based at NAS Lemoore operating from one Fleet Replacement Squadron and sixteen Fleet [operational] Squadrons. In 2017, the F-35C Lightning II was received onboard NAS Lemoore, establishing the first F-35 Pacific training squadron. Lemoore is home to aircraft assigned to the following Carrier Air Wings. Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2), assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5), forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan; assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9), assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), assigned to Based flying units Flying units based at NAS Lemoore. United States Navy Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific Air Operations Department – MH-60S Seahawk Joint Strike Fighter Wing Strike Fighter Squadron 97 (VFA-97) – F-35C Lightning II Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125) – F-35C Lightning II Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147) – F-35C Lightning II Strike Fighter Wing Pacific Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2) – F/A-18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 14 (VFA-14) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 22 (VFA-22) – F/A-18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41) – F/A-18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 86 (VFA-86) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 94 (VFA-94) – F/A-18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 122 (VFA-122) – F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 137 (VFA-137) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 146 (VFA-146) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA-151) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 154 (VFA-154) – F/A-18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192) – F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific (SFWSP) – T-34C Turbo