VF-111 Sundowners was a US Navy fighter squadron that existed until 1995. In 1950, VF-111 became the first jet squadron in the world to shoot down a jet, when a VF-111 pilot downed a MiG-15 during the Korean War.

The second VF-111 flew originally flew the F11F-1 Tiger when it was first established in 1956. The squadron then transitioned to the F-8 Crusader, flying it between the 1961 and 1971. After 1971, they started flying the F-4B Phantom II. Between 1965 and 1973, the squadron took part in the Vietnam War.

After transitioning to the F-4N, VF-111 was originally slated to turn over for F-4Js in 1975 but instead had to revert back to the F-4J due to operation issues. In 1978, VF-111 started flying the F-14A Tomcat, moving over to their last Air Wing, CVW-15.

In 1983, VF-111 and CVW-15 swapped their previous carrier (USS Kitty Hawk CV-63) for the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70. In 1985, VF-111 and their sister squadron VF-51 took part in filming for the 1986 film Top Gun.

In 1991, VF-111 and CVW-15 moved back to the Kitty Hawk before deploying to Somalia in late 1992. In January 1993, VF-111 also took part in escorting US Navy strikes in Southern Iraq. VF-111's last deployment came in 1994 and involved a cruise near North Korea during the latter's Nuclear crisis. In 1995, VF-111 and CVW-15 was decommissioned, with VFC-111 inheriting the Sundowner name in 2006.