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VF-83 F6F-5s on USS Essex, 20 May 1945. VF-83 formed part of Carrier Air Group 83 (CVG-83) assigned to the USS Essex.CVG-83 was in action in the Pacific theatre from 10 March to 15 September 1945 participating in raids on Kyushu, supporting the invasion of Okinawa, the discovery and sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato and other air strikes against the Japanese home islands.
English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-5 Panther of Fighter Squadron 83 (VF-83) "Roaring Bulls" about to be launched from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). VF-83 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Eight (CVG-8) aboard the Coral Sea for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 26 April to 21 October 1953.
Air Group 83 (Cmdr. Harmon Tischer Utter), 102 aircraft VF-83: 36 F6F Hellcat fighters VBF-83: 36 F4U Corsair fighters VB-83: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers VT-83: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Bunker Hill (Capt. G.A Seitz) Air Group 84 (Cmdr. G.M. Ottinger), 93 aircraft VF-84: 27 F4U Corsair fighters, 10 F6F Hellcat fighters
On 4 February 1953, the squadron was redesignated Fighter Squadron Eighty Three (VF-83). In the same year VF-83 made a deployment aboard USS Coral Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. In August 1954, VF-83 transitioned to the F7U-3M Cutlass equipped with the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile, and on 1 July 1955 was re-designated as attack squadron VA-83.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:48, 2 April 2009: 2,970 × 1,973 (1.68 MB): Felix Stember {{Information |Description=Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS OKINAWA (LPH 3) play Scrabble under the aft Mark 33 3-inch/50-caliber gun mount as the ship cruises the gulf. |Source=defenseimagery.mil, DN-SN-88-04055 |Date=1987-12-1 |Author=PH2
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With the Philippines Islands behind it the amphibious assault ship USS OKINAWA (LPH-3) is underway to the open sea with the men of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit aboard. Date: 1 August 1982: Source: DoDMedia, cropped: Author: CPL S.L. KAETER: Permission (Reusing this file)