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  2. VFA-195 - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Gulf War order of battle: United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Naval organization of the U.S.-led coalition during the Gulf War

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    A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A from VFA-87 dropping Mk 82 bombs during a sortie in the 1991 Gulf War. The U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) underway, probably during the 1991 Gulf War in the Red Sea.

  5. Carrier Strike Group 5 - Wikipedia

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    Carrier Strike Group 5 led by USS Ronald Reagan with Air Force B-52 Stratofortress and Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in September 2018. Carrier Strike Group 5, also known as CSG 5 or CARSTRKGRU 5, is the U.S. Navy carrier strike group assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet and permanently forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet.

  6. List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons - Wikipedia

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    VFA-192: 10 Jan 1985–present: Homeport NAS Lemoore: 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 ...

  7. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet - Wikipedia

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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".

  8. List of squadrons in the Dictionary of American Naval ...

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    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]

  9. Carrier Air Wing Five - Wikipedia

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    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 ...