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Instead, VFA-195 was reassigned to CVW-5 aboard USS Midway CV-41, when CVW-5's fighter squadrons transitioned from the F-4S Phantom II and the A-7E Corsair to the F/A-18 Hornet. VFA-195 joined the Forward Deployed Naval Forces in U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan with the first aircraft arriving at NAF Atsugi on 14 November 1986.
Unlike the other carriers in the Gulf War, USS Midway couldn't carry the S-3 Viking or the F-14 Tomcat due to her size constraints meaning the ship instead had three F/A-18 squadrons. NF101 (BuNo 162887), an F/A-18A Hornet assigned to VFA-195 Dambusters aboard the USS Midway, CV-41 in the 1991 Gulf War.
An A-6E TRAM Intruder (NF-506) from VA-115 and an F/A-18A Hornet (NF-106) from VFA-195 taxi to a catapult during the Gulf War. CVW-5 began its final combat cruise aboard the Midway on 2 October 1990 [14] as part of Operation Desert Shield to the Persian Gulf in response to the Invasion of Kuwait. From November to January 1991, the air wing ...
Volume 1 (1995) includes about 140 histories and other data covering every squadron in the attack (VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, and VAP) and strike fighter (VFA) communities from the time the first of these commands was established in 1934, through the publication of this volume in 1995. There are seven appendixes, including such things as technical ...
USS Midway CV-41 - Midway Class Aircraft Carrier [24] Carrier Air Wing 5 - Tail Code: NF VFA-151 Vigilantes - 11x F/A-18A Hornet (1 loss on June 22, 1989) VFA-192 Golden Dragons - 12x F/A-18A Hornet; VFA-195 Dambusters - 12x F/A-18A Hornet; VA-115 Eagles - 7x A-6E TRAM Intruder/ 2x KA-6D Intruder
VFA-195: Dambusters F/A-18E: Commander, Carrier Air Wing Five: Commander, Strike Fighter Wing Pacific: VT-19: 15 Aug 1943-15 Nov 1946 VA-20A: 15 Nov 1946–24 Aug 1948 VA-195: 24 Aug 1948-1 Apr 1985 VFA-195: 1 Apr 1985–present: Forward Deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan: VFA-211: Checkmates F/A-18E: Commander, Carrier Air Wing Eleven
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VFA-151, VFA-161, VFA-192 and VFA-195 transitioned to the F/A-18A in 1986. [27] With the exception of VFA-161, the rest would move to NAF Atsugi , Japan to join CVW-5 and the USS Midway . [ 28 ] Other squadrons that switched to F/A-18 included VFA-146 "Blue Diamonds", and VFA-147 "Argonauts".