Second VA-135 (U.S. Navy)
AD-6 Skyraider similar to those flown by Second VA-135.
The second VA-135 was a short-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed the Thunderbirds. It was established on 21 August 1961 and disestablished a year later, on 1 October 1962. It was based at NAS Jacksonville, and for a short time in 1962 at NAS Cecil Field. The squadron flew the AD-6 Skyraider aircraft. A previous squadron bore the VA-135 designation from 1944-1949; the two were not related.[1]
Significant events
- Aug 1961: The squadron was established as part of a new Air Group to increase the strength of the fleet during the Berlin Crisis of 1961.
- Mar–May 1962: The squadron participated in USS Constellation (CVA-64)’s shakedown cruise in the Caribbean.[1]
See also
- VA-135 (U.S. Navy), an unrelated previous squadron bearing the same designation.
- Attack aircraft
- List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
- History of the United States Navy
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.
- 1 2 Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 1, Chapter 2, Section 8: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-125 to VA-153 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. p. 205. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
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