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VT-5 (2nd) Jul 1942 Established and redesignated on 1 Jul as Yorktown (CV 5) Air Group's VT squadron. VT-8B TBD: VT-8B: Jun 1937-1 Jul 1937 VT-6(1st): 1 Jul 1937-Feb 1943 VA-6 (1st) Jul 1942 Established and redesignated on 1 Jul as Enterprise (CV 6) Air Group's VT squadron. 1 Jul 1937 through 1 Mar 1943: Squadron suffix letters were discontinued.
It was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-5 on 15 February 1943, redesignated VA-6A on 15 November 1946, and finally designated VA-55 on 16 August 1948. The squadron was disestablished on 12 December 1975. It was the first squadron to be designated VA-55, the second VA-55 was established on 7 October 1983 and disestablished on 1 January 1991. [1]
VT-5 tank, a Chinese light tank; VFA-14, formerly VT-5, a U.S. Navy fighter attack squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California; VA-55 (U.S. Navy), formerly Torpedo Squadron VT-5, an attack squadron 1943–1975; VT-5, a U.S. Navy training squadron based at Saufley Field, Florida; disestablished 1976
5 August 1947 1st VF squadron of CVAG-21: VF-22A: F4U: VBF-98: 1 Feb 1945-15 Nov 1946 VF-22A: 15 Nov 1946 – 5 Aug 1947: VF-22A 5 August 1947 2nd VF squadron of CVAG-21: A new Squadron and Air Group designation scheme was established in 1948. Squadron suffix letters were dropped and CVAGs and CVBGs were all redesignated CVGs.
The squadron was awarded the Fighter Fling Banner Blaster award for their superior performance in the air-to-air gunnery arena. [citation needed] In late 1995, the squadron was detached from CVW-3 when the Navy began reducing the number of Tomcat squadrons to carrier air wings from two to one and retaining the TARPS-capable squadrons. As a non ...
U.S. Marine Corps F-5N Tiger II’s arrive on May 30, 2024 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. VMFT-402 will be officially redesignated the Marine Corps’ second adversary squadron in September.
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VA-135 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed Uninvited. It was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-81 on 1 March 1944, redesignated VA-14A on 15 November 1946, and finally designated VA-135 on 2 August 1948.