Black Lions nickname a navy fighter squadron formally identified as VF-213, commissioned in 1955 US
Nash was one of those rare Phanton pilots who, against the trend, had been dogfighting in the F-4 since his squadron, the V-213, nicknamed “The Black Lions,” had transitioned to it in 1964. — Robert K. Wilcox, TheScreamofEagles, p. 45, 1990