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This RF-8G Crusader from VFP-63 Det.2 is deployed with Carrier Air Wing 14 and displays the Air Wing's "NK" tail code. This RF-8A Crusader from VFP-63 Det.B, although deployed with Carrier Air Wing 5, displays the unit's own "PP" tail code and not the Air Wing's "NF".
VFP-63 was a Light Photographic Squadron of the U.S. Navy. Originally established as Composite Squadron Sixty-One (VC-61) on 20 January 1949, ... Code of Conduct;
Tail codes are markings usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft that help identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment. This is not the same as the serial number , bureau number, or aircraft registration which provide unique aircraft identification.
VFP-61: 2 Jul 1956-1 Jul 1959 (same sqdn listed in VFP section) VCP-63: 1 Jul 1959-1 Jul 1961 (same sqdn listed in VCP section) VFP-63: on 1 Jul 1961-30 Jun 1984 (same sqdn listed in VFP section) [7] VFP-63 Disestablished 30 June 1984 Photo Recon Squadron VC-62: Fighting Photos F8F-2P, F4U-5P: VC-62: 3 Jan 1949 – 2 Jul 1956 VFP-62: 2 Jul 1956 ...
When the original fiscal year of a serial became ten years earlier than the current fiscal year, the tail number was often prefixed with a zero, for example, 0-16717 instead of 16717 for UH-1H fiscal serial 66-16717. This was for disambiguation purposes, to avoid confusion with tail numbers for later fiscal years.
Tail Code "NW" (adopted from the disestablished CVSGR-80). Established Jun 1975 to assume control of the four helicopter squadrons of the soon to be disestablished CVSGR-70 and CVSGR-80. Grew to consist of ten squadrons at its largest and shrunk to two squadrons by its disestablishment.
A U.S. Navy Vought RF-8A Crusader (BuNo 146846) of Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 63 (VFP-63) Det. A "Eyes of the Fleet" approaches for a landing aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41), circa in 1961-1962.
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