CLUB PROFILE
California Australian Football League (CAFL) Foundation member.

FOUNDATION HISTORY
July 19 1998 marked the birthday of the Orange County Bombers. Born out of a need by the Southern Californian teams to form a competition and the fact that several Los Angeles Crows players lived in Orange County, the "Bombers" became the fourth of the foundation member teams in the USA's first league competition, the CAFL.

The selection of the team icon was a difficult choice. Of course there are a multitude of creatures and characters that could depict the Australian origins of the team, the US base of its future hopes or the Californian aspect if its culture. After careful consideration "The Bombers" was selected because it is an icon that includes each of these qualities with the personal touch that it will remind future Bombers of one of their foundation members.

As many would know, Orange County is the home of the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. El Toro has been the home of Marine fighters for many years, a key base in the strategic defense of the USA. We are often reminded of this in war movies such as Independence Day. "The Bombers" inaugural Captain and foundation member, Jeff Ward flew A-4M Skyhawks in the '80s as a captain in Marine Squadron 311, better known as the world famous Tomcats. El Toro was also the home of the VMA-214 Blacksheep of Baa Baa Blacksheep fame. This history is similar to that which lead to the naming of the team namesake, the Essendon Bombers.


FOUNDING MEMBERS
James Campbell
Tim Ferris
Wayne Pollock
Jeff "Bomber" Ward