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This is an organized list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the United States Air Force, sorted by type. Most squadrons have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation. Expeditionary and provisional units are not listed.
Was the last active component F/A-18C Hornet squadron. Began transition to F/A-18E in Feb 2019 VFA-37: Ragin Bulls F/A-18E: Commander, Carrier Air Wing EIGHT: Commander, Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic: VA-37: 1 Jul 1967-28 Nov 1990 VFA-37: 28 Nov 1990–present: Homeport NAS Oceana: VFA-41: Black Aces F/A-18F: Commander, Carrier Air Wing Nine
This is a list of United States Air Force fighter squadrons. It covers units considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) such as fighter squadrons and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons. Units in this list are assigned to nearly every Major Command in the United States Air Force.
The rules governing the squadron designation system changed twice between 1946 and 1996, when the last Attack squadron switched to the F/A-18 Hornet and was redesignated a Strike Fighter (VFA) squadron. The list below is not a list of disestablished squadrons; it is a list of squadron designations that are no longer in use.
The United States Air Force and its predecessors include a number of specialized Air Force Squadrons. These units vary widely in size and may include several hundred enlisted airmen commanded by an officer in the rank of captain to lieutenant colonel. A squadron may include two or three subordinate flights.
F-14: VF-191(2nd): 1 Dec 1986 – 30 Apr 1988: VF-191 (2nd) 30 April 1988 Adopted name and insignia of the disestablished VF-191(1st). Established as one of the two VF squadrons of CVW-10(2nd) but was disestablished along with the entire wing in 1988. VF-194 (1986-8) (fourth use) Red Lightnings F-14: VF-194(4th): 1 Dec 1986 – 30 Apr 1988: VF ...
VF-14 F-14s overfly Foch during 1990 dual carrier operations near Puerto Rico VF-14 F-14 tail markings. On 10 August 1990, eight days after the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, the squadron was ordered to emergency deploy to the Red Sea aboard John F. Kennedy to take part in Operation Desert Shield. During the months leading up to the war, the ...
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.