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Calhoun Composite Squadron Grantsville: WV-013 Charleston Composite Squadron Charleston: WV-038 Clarksburg Composite Squadron Bridgeport: WV-100 Greenbrier Composite Squadron Lewisburg: WV-020 Martinsburg Composite Squadron Martinsburg: WV-093 Mercer Composite Squadron Bluefield: WV-113 Mid-Valley Composite Squadron Ona: WV-060 Morgantown ...
A total of about 90 Composite Squadron (VC) squadrons existed between 1 March 1943, when Escort Scouting Squadrons (VGS) based aboard escort carriers (CVE) were redesignated as VC units, and the end of 1945, when they had all been disestablished. [6] [7] VC squadrons flew combinations of fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers.
The 167th Airlift Squadron (167 AS) is a unit of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing located at Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base, Martinsburg, West Virginia. It is equipped with the C-17 Globemaster III , heavy airlifter.
It was in use for only one month as in August 1948 VAW-1 and VAW-2 were redesignated "Composite Squadron" VC-11 and VC-12. In 1948 the VAW designation was resurrected [8] when VC-11 and VC-12 were redesignated VAW-11 and VAW-12. In 1967, VAW-11 and VAW-12 which were large land based squadrons that provided detachments of Airborne Early Warning ...
The 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard is an airlift unit that flies the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The wing began at the end of World War II when its 167th Fighter Squadron flew the P-51 Mustang and F-86 Sabre fighters.
VMAQ-2's predecessor squadrons flew various electronic warfare aircraft, including the AD-5 Skyraider, the EF-10 Skyknight, the RF-8 Crusader, the RF-4B Phantom II, and the EA-6A Intruder. VMC-2 was the original composite squadron (combined aerial photographic reconnaissance and electronic warfare capability) in Marine Corps aviation.
The composite squadron included nine squadrons from MAG-26, MAG-29 and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing. Elements of the group were involved in Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq and Turkey; Operation Victor Squared, [10] Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Operation Deny Flight in the former Yugoslavia and the Adriatic Sea.
[2] An F-51D Mustang of the 167th Fighter Squadron, which was flown from 1948 to 1957. The West Virginia Air National Guard was the last ANG unit to be equipped with the Mustang in service. The last F-51 (44-72948) was retired to serve as a museum piece at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on January 27th, 1957.