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2. List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons ...

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   Oldest continuously active aircraft squadron in the U.S. Navy. Ranger's VB squadron was redesignated VS-41(2nd) to replace VS-41(1st) when it was redesignated a VF squadron (VF-42) VS-42 Establishment and disestablishment unknown listed in 'Status of Naval Aircraft' for July 1937. [20] Assigned to USS Ranger as one of two VS squadrons VS-5

3. List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons - Wikipedia

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   A squadron which receives a designation of a previous squadron may adopt the insignia and or nickname of that former squadron, but that does not make it the same squadron and it cannot lay claim to the previous squadron's lineage or history any more than a ship commissioned with the name of a former ship would attempt to claim to be that same ...

4. List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons (VF)

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   United States Navy Reserve Squadron. Established as part of Reserve Carrier Air Wing THIRTY (CVWR-30) U. S. Navy Reserve Squadrons activated for service in the Korean War. There were many U. S. Navy Reserve squadrons during the period from the end of WWII through the 1960s all designated with three digit numbers in the 600, 700, 800 and 900 series.

5. VA-52 (U.S. Navy) - Wikipedia

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   It was established as U.S. Navy Reserve Fighter Squadron VF-884 on 1 November 1949, and called to active duty on 20 July 1950. It was redesignated VF-144 on 4 February 1953, and VA-52 on 23 February 1959. The squadron was nicknamed the Bitter Birds from about 1951–1953, and the Knightriders from about 1960 onward.

6. Second VA-174 (U.S. Navy) - Wikipedia

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   VA-174 was the largest aviation squadron in the U.S. Navy. Commander John McCain was the Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of VA-174 in the mid-1970s. The squadron also had a permanent West Coast detachment(VA-174Det)which had their own squadron patch. First located at MCAS Yuma and later relocated to NAF El Centro.

7. VA-153 (U.S. Navy) - Wikipedia

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   VA-153 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. During a 1949 reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve, a Fighter Squadron at NAS New York (believed to have been VF-718) was redesignated Fighter Squadron VF-831. It was called to active duty on 1 February 1951.