Nickname(s) Volunteers | ||
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Active 30 March 1955 - 1 August 1958 Attack FJ-3 FuryF9F-8 CougarFJ-4B Fury | ||
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 first VA-214 was disestablished on 16 May 1949.
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.
Aircraft Assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
References
Second VA-214 (U.S. Navy) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA