VFA-32
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Strike Fighter Squadron 32, nicknamed the "Fighting Swordsmen", are a United States Navy strike fighter squadron presently flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet and based ashore at Naval Air Station Oceana.
Early VBF-3 insignia
Early VF-32 insignia
VF-32 F9F-6s during the world cruise of USS Tarawa in 1954.
VF-32 F8U-1 in 1958
Grumman F-9 Cougar
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The Grumman F9F/F-9 Cougar is a carrier-based jet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman.
VFA-32
…the Distinguished Flying Cross. In November 1952, the squadron returned to the East Coast and became the first squadron to operate the swept-wing F9F-6 Cougar. VF-32 made subsequent deployments aboard USS Tarawa in 1953 and the USS Ticonderoga in 1955. In 1956, VF-32 became the first squadron to transition…
Grumman F9F-6 Cougar, 1952
A swept-wing F9F-6 Cougar (foreground) and a straight-wing F9F-5 Panther in flight
An F9F-6 of VF-24 on USS Essex in 1955
The F9F-8 was fitted with an inflight refueling probe and Sidewinder missiles.