Second VA-215 (U.S. Navy)

A-7B Corsair IIs from VA-215 Barn Owls, deployed to Vietnam, 1971. Note that the guns of both aircraft have been fired.

The second VA-215, nicknamed the Barn Owls, was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established on 1 March 1968 and disestablished on 30 September 1977. The squadron, based at NAS Lemoore, flew the A-7B Corsair II.^[1]

An unrelated squadron had previously held the VA-215 designation and had originated the Barn Owls nickname.

Significant events

• 1 Mar 1968: Following its establishment, the squadron remained under the operational control of VA-122 during its training in the A-7 Corsair II.

• 14 Jan 1969: The squadron was embarked in USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), conducting operational training in Hawaiian waters prior to deployment when a major fire occurred on the flight deck of the carrier. Several squadron personnel were presented with citations from the Secretary of the Navy and the Commanding Officer of Enterprise for heroism during the fire.^[1]

See also

• VA-215 (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. 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. 283–284. Retrieved 2014-02-22.