Black Knights insignia as seen in Independence Day.
The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 (VMFA-314) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron that is better known as the Black Knights. They are stationed at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Irvine, California.
Following the first phase of the War of 1996, the Black Knights participated in an counterattack against the City Destroyer over the ruins of Los Angeles. Their objective was to test their weapons on different parts of the spacecraft to determine which type of strike done the most damage, and relaying the information to the next wave of attack planes.[1]
Unfortunately, the squadron were unprepared for the aliens' capabilities in which their weapons failed to penetrate the Destroyer and its attacker ships due to their force fields. This resulted in a one-sided dogfight that wiped out the Black Knights with Steven Hiller being the sole survivor. Thereafter, the aliens traced the origins of the Black Knights to El Toro and had it destroyed.
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The VMFA-314 insignia in real life.
- The VMFA-314 are an actual U.S. Marine Corps squadron that had participated in the Second World War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War. The squadron is currently based in Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, near San Diego, California.