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In April 2018 a new squadron type designation was created apart from the existing "V" for fixed wing squadron and "H" for rotary wing squadron when Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Twenty Four (UX-24) was programmed for establishment to develop unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
The tables below cover every one of the 280 squadrons listed in the U.S. Navy's two-volume Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons (DANAS). [a] Volume 1 covers every squadron in the Attack (VA) and Strike Fighter (VFA) communities from 1935 to 1995. [1] Volume 2 covers every squadron in the Patrol (VP) community from 1922 through 1996. [2]
Pages in category "Fighter squadrons of the United States Navy" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A squadron in an air force, or naval or army aviation service, is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force.
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All Weather Fighter Squadron The Navy used this designator for a short period of time between the mid 1950s and the early 1960s. With all new tactical fighters being radar-equipped and thus all-weather capable (at least in theory), this designator was deemed to be redundant and was discontinued. VFC Fighter Squadron, Composite
While NAS Fallon provides training for visiting carrier air wings, Strike Fighter Squadron 127 , the "Desert Bogeys", was the air station's only permanently based squadron from October 1987 until it was disestablished on 23 March 1996.
VFA-31 or Strike Fighter Squadron 31 is known as the Tomcatters, callsign "Felix", a United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet. The Tomcatters are the second-oldest Navy Fighter Attack squadron operating today.