VA-209 (U.S. Navy)
A-4L Skyhawk from VA-209 launching from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), in 1970.
VA-209 was a short-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Naval Reserve. It was established on 1 July 1970 as part of a reorganization intended to increase the combat readiness of the Naval Air Reserve Force. It was based at Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois, and flew A-4L Skyhawk aircraft. The squadron was disestablished after one year's service, on 30 August 1991, being replaced by the addition of two fighter squadrons to Reserve Air Wing 20.[1]
See also
- 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.
- ↑ Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 1, Chapter 2, Section 10: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-175 to VA-209 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. p. 271. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
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