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VF-213 began their transition/downgrade to the F/A-18F Super Hornet in April 2006 and was re-designated VFA-213 on 2 April 2006. VFA-213 was the first Super Hornet squadron to fly AESA-equipped Super Hornets. [13] VFA-213 became the first squadron to receive Dual-Cockpit Cueing System for both pilot and naval flight officer, retrofitted with an ...
In 2006 a third VFC squadron (VFC-111) was established from what had become a permanent detachment of VFC-13 and in 2022 a fourth VFC squadron was created when the last remaining USNR VFA squadron (VFA-204) was redesignated to VFC. VFC squadrons provide adversary simulation for fleet squadrons. All VFC squadrons are Navy Reserve squadrons.
This is why today there are squadrons with numbers as low as VFA-2 and as high as VFA-213 with many numbers missing in between. The table below does not list disestablished squadrons, it is a list of squadron designations which are no longer in use.
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] Volume 2 covers every squadron in the Patrol (VP) community from 1922 through 1996. [2]
Strike Fighter Squadron 37 (VFA-37) Strike Fighter Squadron 97 (VFA-97) Strike Fighter Squadron 213 (VFA-213) Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 (VAW-124) (NS Norfolk, VA) Electronic Attack Squadron 131 (VAQ-131) (NAS Whidbey Island, VA) Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40, Detachment 2 (VRC-40 Det. 2) (NS Norfolk, VA)
Cmdr. Jason Hoch, commanding officer of VFA-32, praised the squadron’s performance in “incredibly demanding conditions” during the deployment. Besides the air-to-air encounters, the ...
VFA-87 Strike Fighter Squadron 87: Golden Warriors F/A-18E Super Hornet: VFA-213 Strike Fighter Squadron 213: Black Lions F/A-18F Super Hornet: VAW-124 Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124: Bear Aces E-2D Hawkeye: VAQ-142 Electronic Attack Squadron 142: Gray Wolves EA-18G Growler: VRC-40 Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 Det. 2 ...
Category: Strike fighter squadrons of the United States Navy. ... VFA-213; VFA-303; VFA-305; VFAW-3 This page was last edited on 25 October 2018, at 06:38 ...