VA-172 (U.S. Navy)
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VA-172 was an Attack Squadron of the United States Navy. It was established as Bomber Fighter Squadron VBF-82 on 20 August 1945, redesignated as Fighter Squadron VF-18A on 15 November 1946, as VF-172
VBF-82 F4U on USS Randolph c.1946
VF-172 F2Hs over USS Essex c.1951
VA-172 A-4C fully armed with bombs on the flight deck of the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt off Vietnam, 1966. Note the blue lightning bolt painted on both aircraft.
Naval Air Station Cecil Field or NAS Cecil Field was a United States Navy air base, located in Duval County, Florida. Prior to October 1999, NAS Cecil Field was the largest military base in terms of a
VA-172 (U.S. Navy)
…NAS Quonset Point – 15 Jan 1946 NAAS Cecil Field – 4 Mar 1949 NAS Jacksonville – 24 Mar 1950…
F/A-18 Hornets from Carrier Air Wing Seventeen returning to NAS Cecil Field in 1994
Naval air station cecil field badge
An FJ-3 from VF-62 at NAS Cecil Field, 1956
Two F8U-1s of VF-62 over NAS Cecil Field, 1962