VF-62

Fighter Squadron 62

VF-62 squadron insignia
Active 1 July 1955 – 1 October 1969
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
Role Fighter aircraft
Part of Inactive
Nickname(s) Boomerangs
Aircraft flown
Fighter FJ-3M Fury
F-8A/C/E Crusader

Fighter Squadron 62 or VF-62 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established on 1 July 1955 it was disestablished on 1 October 1969.[1]

Operational history

VF-62 FJ-3 at NAS Cecil Field in 1956
VF-62 FJ-3 refuels from a VA-105 AD-6 in 1958
VF-62 F-8Cs fly over the USS Shangri-La in 1968

VF-62 would deploy with Air Task Group 202 (ATG-202) aboard the USS Bennington to the Mediterranean from 4 July 1956 to 19 February 1957.

VF-62 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Mediterranean deployment from 15 February to 20 September 1965.

VF-62 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Mediterranean deployment from 15 November 1967 to 4 August 1968.

VF-62 and CVW-8 was embarked aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Caribbean deployment from October to December 1968.

Home port assignments

Aircraft Assignment

See also

References

  1. "Fighter Squadron Lineage". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

External links

Website of former squadronmembers

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