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Fighter Squadrons 
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The VF designation was one of the oldest in use by the U.S. Navy. From 1921 to 1948 it designated "Fighting Plane Squadron" or "Fighting Squadron". It designated "Fighter Squadron" from 1948 until 2006 when the last VF squadron was redesignated to Strike Fighter (VFA) squadron. The designation has not been used since 2006.

 
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VF- Squadrons
VF-1  1st 1922 - 1927

VF-1  2nd

1943 - 1943
VF-1  3rd 1943 - 1945
VF-1  4th 1948 - 1948
VF-1  5th 1972 - 1992
VF-1A 1946 - 1948
VF-1B 1927 - 1934
VF-1B 1935 - 1937
VF-1B 1946 - 1948
VF-1E 1946 - 1948
VF-1L 1946 - 1948
VF-2  1st 1922 - 1923
VF-2  2nd 1937 - 1942
1942 - 1945
VF-2  3rd 1972 - 2003
VF-2A 1946 - 1948
VF-2B 1923 - 1927
VF-2B 1927 - 1932
1933 - 1937
VF-2B 1946 - 1948
VF-2E 1946 - 1948
VF-2B 1932 - 1933
VF-3 1937 - 1943
VF-3 1943- 1946
VF-3A 1946 - 1948
VF-3B 1928 - 1931
1932 - 1937
VF-3B 1946 - 1948
VF-3E 1947 - 1948
VF-3S 1927 - 1928
1931 - 1932
VF-4 1921 - 1922
VF-4 1937 - 1941
1943 - 1946
VF-4 1943
VF-4A 1946 - 1948
VF-4B 1946 - 1948
VF-5 1927 - 1927
VF-5  1st 1937 - 1943
VF-5  2nd 1943 - 1946
VF-6 1927 - 1927
VF-6 1937 - 1943
VF-6 1943 - 1945
VF-5A 1946 - 1948
VF-5B 1928 - 1928
1930 - 1932
1933 - 1937
VF-5B 1946 - 1948
VF-5S 1927 - 1928
1932 - 1933
VF-6A 1946 - 1948
VF-6B 1927 - 1928
1930 - 1937
VF-6B 1946 - 1948
VF-7  1st 1939 - 1940
VF-7  2nd 1944 - 1946
VF-7A 1946 - 1948
VF-7B 1937 - 1937
VF-8 1941 - 1945
VF-8A 1946 - 1948
VF-8B 1937 - 1937
VF-9 1942 - 1945
VF-9A 1946 - 1948
VF-10 1942 - 1945
VF-10A 1946 - 1948
VF-11  1st 1942 - 1946
VF-11  2nd 1948 - 1959
VF-11  3rd 1959 - 2005
VF-11A 1946 - 1948
VF-12  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-12  2nd 1948 - 1955
VF-12A 1946 - 1948
VF-14A 1946 - 1948
VF-13  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-13  2nd 1948 - 1969
VF-13A 1946 - 1948
VF-14  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-14  2nd 1949 - 2001
VF-15 1943 - 1945
VF-16 1942 - 1945
VF-16A 1946 - 1948
VF-17 1943 - 1946
VF-17A 1946 - 1948
VF-18  1st 1943 - 1944
VF-18  2nd 1944 - 1948
VF-18A 1946 - 1948
VF-19 1943 - 1946
VF-19A 1946 - 1948
VF-20 1943 - 1946
VF-20A 1946 - 1948
VF-21  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-21  2nd 1948 - 1959
VF-21  3rd 1959 - 1996
VF-21A 1946 - 1947
VF-22  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-22  2nd 1948 - 1958
VF-22A 1946 - 1947
VF-23  1st 1948 - 1958
VF-23  2nd 1948 - 1959
VF-24  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-24  2nd 1949 - 1959
VF-24  3rd 1959 - 1996
VF-25 1943 - 1945
VF-26 1943 - 1945
VF-27 1943 - 1945
VF-28 1943 - 1945
VF-29 1943 - 1945
VF-30 1943 - 1945
VF-31  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-31  2nd 1948 - 2005
VF-32  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-32  2nd 1948 - 2005
VF-33  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-33  2nd 1948 - 1993
VF-34  1st 1943 - 1944
VF-34  2nd 1945 - 1945
VF-34  3rd 1950 - 1955
VF-36  1st 1943 - 1944
VF-36  2nd 1945 - 1945
VF-37 1944 - 1945
VF-38 1944 - 1946
VF-39 1943 - 1944
1945 - 1945
VF-40 1943 - 1945
VF-41  1st 1941 - 1943
VF-41  2nd 1945 - 1946
VF-41  3rd 1948 - 1950
1950 - 2001
VF-42  1st 1941 - 1942
VF-42  2nd 1945 - 1946
VF-42  3rd 1948 - 1950
1950 - 1953
VF-43  1st 1943 - 1943
1945 - 1946
VF-43  2nd 1948 - 1950
1950 - 1959
VF-43  3rd 1973 - 1994
VF-44  1st 1944 - 1945
VF-44  2nd 1950 - 1956
VF-45  1st 1944 - 1945
VF-45  2nd 1985 - 1996
VF-46 1944 - 1945
VF-47 1944 - 1945
VF-48 1944 - 1945
VF-49 1944 - 1945
VF-50 1943 - 1945
VF-51  1st 1943 - 1945
VF-51  2nd 1948 - 1995
VF- Squadrons
VF-52  1st 1943 - 1943
VF-52  2nd 1948 - 1959
VF-53  1st 1945 - 1945
VF-53  2nd 1946 - 1958
VF-53  3rd 1958 - 1962
VF-53   1st 1963 - 1971
VF-54 1948 - 1956
VF-54 1962 - 1963
VF-58 1946 - 1946
VF-60 1943 - 1945
VF-61 1958 - 1959
VF-62 1948 - 1955
VF-62 1955 - 1969
VF-63 1948 - 1956
VF-64 1950 - 1959
VF-66 1945 - 1945
VF-71  1st 1940 - 1943
VF-71  2nd 1948 - 1959
VF-72  1st 1940 - 1943
VF-72  2nd 1948 - 1956
VF-73 1948 - 1958
VF-74  1st 1944 - 1944
VF-74  2nd 1945 - 1946
VF-74  3rd 1950 - 1994
VF-74A 1945 - 1945
VF-75 1945 - 1946
VF-75A 1945 - 1945
VF-80 1944 - 1946
VF-81  1st 1944 - 1946
VF-81  2nd 1948 - 1949
VF-81  3rd 1953 - 1955
VF-81  4th 1955 - 1959
VF-82  1st 1944 - 1946
VF-82  2nd 1948 - 1949
VF-82  3rd 1953 - 1959
VF-83  1st 1944 - 1946
VF-83  2nd 1948 - 1949
VF-83  3rd 1953 - 1955
VF-84  1st 1944 - 1945
VF-84  2nd 1953 - 1955
VF-84  3rd 1955 - 1995
VF-85 1943 - 1945
VF-86 1944 - 1945
VF-87 1944 - 1945
VF-88 1944 - 1945
VF-89 1944 - 1946
VF-91  1st 1948 - 1950
VF-91  2nd 1952 - 1963
VF-92  1st 1944 - 1946
VF-92  2nd 1948 - 1950
VF-92  3rd 1952 - 1962
1963 - 1975
VF-93  1st 1944 - 1946
VF-93  2nd 1948 - 1949
1952 - 1953
VF-94  1st 1944 - 1945
VF-94  2nd 1952 - 1958
VF-95 1945 - 1945
VF-96 1962 - 1975
VF-97 1944 - 1946
VF-98 1944 - 1946
VF-99 1944 - 1945
VF-100 1944 - 1946
VF-101 1952 - 2005
VF-102  1st 1952 -1955
VF-102  2nd 1955 - 2000
VF-103 1952 - 2007
VF-104 1952 - 1953
VF-111  1st 1948 - 1959
VF-111  2nd 1959 - 1995
VF-112 1948 - 1959
VF-113 1948 - 1956
VF-114 1950 - 1993
VF-116 1964 - 1964
VF-121 1953 - 1980
VF-122 1953 - 1958
VF-123 1953 - 1958
VF-124  1st. 1953 - 1958
VF-124  2nd 1958 - 1994
VF-131  1st. 1948 - 1950
VF-131  2nd 1961 - 1962
VF-132 1948 - 1949
1961 - 1962
VF-133 1948 - 1949
VF-141 1953 - 1963
VF-142 1953 - 1962
VF-142 1963 - 1995
VF-143 1953 - 1959
VF-143 1962 - 2007
VF-144 1953 - 1959
VF-150 1945 - 1945
VF-151  1st 1945 - 1945
VF-151  2nd 1946 - 1950
VF-151  3rd 1952 - 1956
VF-151  4th 1959 - 1986
VF-152 1953 - 1958
VF-152 1945 - 1945
VF-153  1st 1945 - 1946
VF-153  2nd 1948 - 1950
VF-153  3rd 1953 - 1956
VF-154 1953 - 2003
VF-161 1960 - 1986
VF-162 1960 - 1971
VF-171 1948 - 1958
1977 - 1984
VF-172 1948 - 1955
VF-173 1948 - 1959
VF-174 1950 - 1966
VF-191 1948 - 1978
1986 - 1988
VF-192  1st 1948 - 1950
VF-192  2nd 1950 - 1956
VF-193 1948 - 1963
VF-194  1st 1950 - 1955
VF-194  2nd 1955 - 1958
VF-194  3rd 1963 - 1978
1986 - 1988
VF-201 1970 - 1999
VF-202 1970 - 1994
VF-211  1st 1948 - 1949
1955 - 1959
VF-211  2nd 1959 - 2004
VF-212 1948 - 1949
1955 - 1956
VF-213 1955 - 2007
VF-214  1st 1955 - 1956
VF-214  2nd 1964 - 1964
VF-301 1970 - 1994
VF-302 1971 - 1994
VF-653 1949 - 1952
VF-671 1951 - 1953
VF-713 1949 - 1953
VF-721 1950 - 1953
VF-742 1951 - 1953
VF-783 1950 - 1953
VF-791 1950 - 1953
VF-821 1949 - 1953
VF-831 1949 - 1953
VF-837 1949 - 1953
VF-871 1949 - 1953
VF-884 1949 - 1953
VF-874 1950 - 1953
VF-916 1947 - 1953
VF-921 1947 - 1953
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The VFN designation was used from 1944 to 1945 to designate "Night Fighter Squadrons".

The VF(AW) designation was created in 1956 when VC squadrons were redesignated with role descriptive designators. All Weather Fighter squadrons were equipped with radar equipped fighters for night and all weather use. VF(AW)-3 operated as a night fighter squadron when it was still designated VC-3 but became a jet transition unit prior to its being redesignated an all weather fighter squadron. The squadron which was the second to use the VF(AW)-3 designation was a continental defense interceptor squadron. VF(AW)-4 provided night fighter detachments to Carrier Air Groups.

 
  Night Fighter Squadrons 
VF(N)- Squadrons
VF(N)-41 1944 - 1945
VF(N)-42 1944 - 1945
VF(N)-43 1944 - 1945
VF(N)-52 1944 - 1945
VF(N)-53 1945 - 1946
VF(N)-55 1945 - 1945
VF(N)-63 1945 - 1945
VF(N)-75 1943 - 1944
VF(N)-76 1943 - 1944
VF(N)-77 1943 - 1944
VF(N)-78 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-79 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-90 1944 - 1946
VF(N)-91 1944 - 1946
VF(N)-101 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-102 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-103 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-104 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-105 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-106 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-107 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-108 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-109 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-110 1944 - 1944
VF(N)-111 1944 - 1944

 
  All-Weather Fighter Squadrons
VF(AW)- Squadrons
VF(AW)-3  1st 1956 - 1958
VF(AW)-3  2nd 1958 - 1963
VF(AW)-4 1956 - 1959
 
     
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last update 1. October 2019

written 10. Juni 2010

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