Second VA-214 (U.S. Navy)
| Attack Squadron 214 | |
|---|---|
| Active | 30 March 1955 - 1 August 1958 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Nickname(s) | Volunteers |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack |
FJ-3 Fury F9F-8 Cougar FJ-4B Fury |
Two VA-214 FJ-4Bs over Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, 1958.
VA-214, nicknamed the Volunteers, was a short-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was the second squadron to bear the VA-214 designation.
The squadron was established as Fighter Squadron VF-214 on 30 March 1955, and redesignated as VA-214 on 11 October 1956. The squadron, based at NAS Moffett Field, California, was the first West Coast squadron to make an extended deployment to WESTPAC with the new FJ-4B Fury. It was disestablished on 1 August 1958.[1]
Aircraft Assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:[1]
- FJ-3 Fury – 31 Mar 1955
- F9F-8 Cougar – Nov 1955
- FJ-4B Fury – 18 Jun 1957
See also
- VA-214 (U.S. Navy)
- 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 11: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-210 to VA-873 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. pp. 279–280. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
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