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VRC-50 was a Fleet Logistics Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Fleet Tactical Support Squadron 50 (VRC-50) on 1 October 1966, redesignated as Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Fifty (VRC-50) on 1 April 1976 and disestablished on 7 October 1994.
First loss: C-2A 152796 (VRC-50, USS Constellation), Gulf of Tonkin crash 2 October 1969, 26 passengers and crew killed; Final loss: C-2A 152793 (VRC-50, USS Ranger), Gulf of Tonkin crash 15 December 1970, 3 crew killed; E-1 Tracer—3 total, 0 in combat
U.S. Navy Grumman C-2A Greyhound, BuNo 155120, of VRC-50, out of NAS Atsugi, [46] crashed on takeoff from USS Ranger, in the Gulf of Tonkin. The aircraft stalled after catapult launch with a probable load shift of the cargo, reached an extreme nose-up attitude, went into a hammerhead stall and crashed off the carrier's port bow. 9 personnel ...
On 15 December 1970, a C-2A of VRC-50 crashed shortly after launch from USS Ranger, killing all four crew members and five passengers. [25] On 12 December 1971, C-2A crashed en route from Cubi Point to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, killing all four crew members and six passengers. [26]
US-3A of VRC-50 in 1987 ES-3As of VQ-5 S-3B with D-704 buddy store ES-3A Shadow of VQ-6 S-3A First production version, 187 built. [34] [35] S-3B Upgraded avionics, AN/APS-137 inverse synthetic aperture radar, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, AGM-84 Harpoon launch capability, first flight 13 September 1984, 119 converted from S ...
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VRC-30; VRC-40; VRC-50 This page was last edited on 14 June 2012, at 23:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
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