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Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), also known as the "Stingers," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. They are an operational fleet F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron attached to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) and based at NAS Lemoore , California.
VF-113: 15 Jul 1948-Mar 1956 VA-113: Mar 1956-25 Mar 1983 VFA-113: 25 Mar 1983–present VFA-113 Not applicable, still exists Established as one of CVG-11(2nd)'s initial squadrons VF-114 (1961) Executioners, Aardvarks (1961) F4U F9F Panther F2H F3H F4H/F-4 F-14: VBF-19: 20 Jan 1945-15 Nov 1946 VF-20A: 15 Nov 1946-24 Aug 1948 VF-192(1st): 24 Aug ...
CVW-14 squadrons VFA-22, VFA-25, VFA-113, and VFA-115 were the first to deploy with F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters equipped with the Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) system that allows ground forces, such as Joint terminal attack controllers (JTAC), to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time ...
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.
VFA-113 Stingers F/A-18C (N) Hornet Night Attack Hornet VA-196 Main Battery A-6E SWIP Intruder Disestablished 28 Feb 1997 Last Pacific Fleet A-6 Intruder Squadron [56] VAQ-139 Cougars EA-6B Prowler VS-35 Blue Wolves S-3B Viking VAW-113 Black Eagles E-2C Hawkeye HS-4 Black Knights SH-60F/HH-60H Oceanhawk VQ-5 Sea Shadows Det.D ES-3A Shadow
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]
In 1989, the United States Navy was on the verge of massive cuts to military spending including ship and aircraft procurement. [1] These forces were expected to fight the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact and other potential adversaries in case of a war breaking out.
[6] [8] [9] Between 24–31 March 2006, during Foal Eagle 2006 exercises, strike squadrons VFA-2, VFA-34, VFA-137, and VFA-151 from Carrier Air Wing Two teamed with U.S. Air Force aircraft from the 18th Wing based at Kadena Air Base to provide combat air patrols and coordinated bombing runs via the exercise's Combined Air Operations Center. [10]