Dear visitors and fellow (v)aviators,
Thank you for visiting our website and welcome to the 87th Straydogs VFW. Please feel free to browse through the Public Section of our training guides, look at our squadron rosters or check our LAN pictures.

The Straydogs VFW was founded in 1999 and has grown into a well organized, active virtual fighter wing with flying members stationed around the globe. We use a mix of a quasi military chain of command hierarchy combined with semi-democratic decision making principals which has served us extremely well. Our members often describe our Wing "community" as a brotherhood rewarding them with loyalty, mutual respect and friendship in return.

The 87th VFW distinguishes itself from other groups in the F4 Community by flying our simulator to the highest possible degree of realism based on the same materials, practices and procedures used by NATO. Each new Recruit begins to build a strong foundation of skills beginning with our training programmes based upon the USAF's IQT (Initial Qualification Training) and MQT (Mission Qualification Training) schedules. With squadrons located in Europe, Scandinavia , America and Australia , without exaggeration, we can say we have online flying every day and night of the week. A few times a year we will host wing wide operations such as Virtual William Tell and Virtual Gunsmoke. The remainder of activities typically are flying a Training Exercise or Campaign employing between 2 to 16 pilots depending upon mission profile.

With a professional webserver available, we have a rock-steady 24/7 service for communication and data sharing, etc. If you have any questions or comments, please use either our Forum Guest room or the website Feedback form. If you're seriously committed to realistic online multiplay flying and willing to learn to push yourself and your (v)Viper to the limits, sign on to the 87th VFW, and prepare for the ride of your life!

Yours Sincerely,
(v)Col. Pim "Dutchy" Draaisma
Wing Commander