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This is a list of active United States Navy aircraft squadrons. Deactivated or disestablished squadrons are listed in the list of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons . Navy aircraft squadrons are composed of several aircraft (from as few as about four to as many as about a dozen), the officers who fly them, the officers and sailors ...
Appendix 4 U.S. Navy Squadron Designations and Abbreviations Appendix 5 How to Trace Squadron Lineage Appendix 6 Lineage Listing for VA, VA(AW), VAH, VA(HM), VAK, VAL, VAP, and VFA Designated Squadrons Appendix 7 Types of Aircraft Listed in the Squadron Histories. Viewable and downloadable version of DANAS Volume 2 (847 pages, 18.2 MB PDF file)
Squadrons in operation prior to the beginning of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier operations. Squadrons were numbered according to ship squadron numbers and were designated according to the use of the squadron's aircraft [18] such as "Torpedo" or "Patrol" or "Combat"; however, the official use of abbreviated designations such as VT, VP or VF had not ...
The Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons (DANAS) is a multivolume work published by Naval Historical Center of the U.S. Department of the Navy's Naval History & Heritage Command. It covers naval aviation in much the same way as the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships ( DANFS ) covers commissioned vessels.
Pages in category "Aircraft squadrons of the United States Navy" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
United States Navy Reserve Squadron. Established as part of Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20 (CVWR-20) VF-202: Superheats F-8 F-4 F-14: VF-202: 1 Jul 1970 – 31 Dec 1994: VF-202 31 December 1994 United States Navy Reserve Squadron. Established as part of Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20 (CVWR-20) VF-301 (second use) Devil's Disciples F-8 F-4 F-14
Navy Air Colors, United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Aircraft Camouflage and Markings Vol.1. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1983. ISBN 0-89747-143-1. Thomas E. Doll, Berkley R. Jackson, William A. Riley. Navy Air Colors, United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Aircraft Camouflage and Markings Vol.2.
This is a list of United States Navy aircraft wings. The U.S. Navy first used the term "wing" to describe the level of command above its aircraft squadrons when it established five Patrol Wings in 1937. In 1938 it organized the squadrons flying from the five aircraft carriers in commission at the time into Carrier Air Groups.