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The first VA-105 was established on 1 May 1952 and disestablished on 1 February 1959, and the second was later redesignated as VFA-105, the main subject of this article. Officially, the US Navy does not recognize a direct lineage with disestablished squadrons if a new squadron is formed with the same designation. [ 1 ]
He is the flight leader and commanding officer of the Blue Angels, an elite fighter jet flight demonstration squadron. Armatas graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2002 and was the commander of Strike Fighter Squadron 105, also known as the "Gunslingers". In 2022 he was named commander of the Blue Angels.
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]
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.
Re designated VFA-105 December 17, 1990 and re-equipped with F/A-18C. [18] VA-113 "Stingers" (now VFA-113) Transitioned from A-4F to A-7B 1968. Transitioned to A-7E 1970. 2 combat cruises to Tonkin Gulf. One cruise to Mediterranean, 5 cruises to Western Pacific. Re designated VFA-113 March 25, 1983 and re-equipped with F/A-18A. [18]
VFA-83 Strike Fighter Squadron 83: Rampagers F/A-18E Super Hornet: VFA-131 Strike Fighter Squadron 131: Wildcats F/A-18E Super Hornet: VFA-105 Strike Fighter Squadron 105: Gunslingers F/A-18E Super Hornet: VAQ-140 Electronic Attack Squadron 140: Patriots EA-18G Growler: VAW-121 Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121: Bluetails E-2D Hawkeye: HSC-5 ...
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Unlike the other carriers in the Gulf War, USS Midway couldn't carry the S-3 Viking or the F-14 Tomcat due to her size constraints meaning the ship instead had three F/A-18 squadrons. NF101 (BuNo 162887), an F/A-18A Hornet assigned to VFA-195 Dambusters aboard the USS Midway, CV-41 in the 1991 Gulf War.