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On 9 March 1942, the first NATS squadron, VR-1, was commissioned at NAS Norfolk with four R4D (C-47) aircraft, 27 officers, and 150 men. Initially, most of VR-1 flights were south in support of the Atlantic antisubmarine effort. "VR" is the Navy acronym for transport squadron – "V” is for heavier than air and "R” is for transport.
In subsequent war years, the base transitioned to become a major Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) Squadron Center. Following the war, NAS Moffett Field became the West Coast center for NATS and later for the Navy contribution to MATS (still later MAC)
From – to Branch of service Unit Duty Aircraft Insignia 1942, January 1947, August: USN: VJ-14: Utility / Meteorological Squadron: Martin B-26 Marauder: 1942, January 1947, August
A squadron comes into existence when it is "established". Upon establishment it receives a designation, for example Patrol Squadron One ("VP-1"). During the life of the squadron it may be "redesignated" one or more times, the Navy's oldest currently active squadron is VFA-14 which has been redesignated 15 times since it was established in 1919.
A squadron's history and lineage began when it was established and ended when it was disestablished. When a squadron was disestablished or re-designated, its former designation became available for reuse by a new or re-designating squadron, just as the name of a decommissioned ship (e.g., USS Enterprise) might be given
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]
54th Air Refueling Squadron: Air Education and Training Command: Nineteenth Air Force: 97 AMW: 1 June 1942 Altus AFB, Oklahoma [20] KC-135 [21] 56th Air Refueling Squadron: Air Education and Training Command: Nineteenth Air Force: 97 AMW: 18 November 1942 Altus AFB, Oklahoma [22] KC-46A [23] 63rd Air Refueling Squadron: Flying Jennies: Air ...
The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy's Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) and the United States Air Force's Air Transport Command (ATC) into a single joint command.