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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 1922 - 1927 1st

VF-1

1943 - 1943

 2nd
VF-1 1943 - 1945 3rd
VF-1 1948 - 1948 4th
VF-1 1972 - 1992 5th
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 1922 - 1923 1st
VF-2 1937 - 1942
1942 - 1945		 2nd
VF-2 1972 - 2003 3rd
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 1937 - 1943 1st
VF-5 1943 - 1946 2nd
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 1939 - 1940 1st
VF-7 1944 - 1946 2nd
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 1942 - 1946 1st
VF-11 1948 - 1959 2nd
VF-11 1959 - 2005 3rd
VF-11A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-12 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-12 1948 - 1955 2nd
VF-12A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-14A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-13 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-13 1948 - 1969 2nd
VF-13A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-14 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-14 1949 - 2001 2nd
VF-15 1943 - 1945 ..
VF-16 1942 - 1945 ..
VF-16A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-17 1943 - 1946 ..
VF-17A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-18 1943 - 1944 1st
VF-18 1944 - 1948 2nd
VF-18A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-19 1943 - 1946 ..
VF-19A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-20 1943 - 1946 ..
VF-20A 1946 - 1948 ..
VF-21 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-21 1948 - 1959 2nd
VF-21 1959 - 1996 3rd
VF-21A 1946 - 1947 -.
VF-22 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-22 1948 - 1958 2nd
VF-22A 1946 - 1947 -.
VF-23 1948 - 1958 1st
VF-23 1948 - 1959 2nd
VF-24 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-24  1949 - 1959 2nd
VF-24 1959 - 1996 3rd
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 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-31 1948 - 2005 2nd
VF-32 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-32 1948 - 2005 2nd
VF-33 1943 - 1945 1st
VF-33 1948 - 1993 2nd
VF-34 1943 - 1944 1st
VF-34 1945 - 1945 2nd
VF-34 1950 - 1955 3rd
VF-36 1943 - 1944 1st
VF-36 1945 - 1945 2nd
VF-37 1944 - 1945 ..
VF-38 1944 - 1946 ..
VF-39 1943 - 1944
1945 - 1945		 ..
VF-40 1943 - 1945 ..
VF-41 1941 - 1943 1st
VF-41 1945 - 1946 2nd
VF-41 1948 - 1950
1950 - 2001		 3rd
VF-42 1941 - 1942 1st
VF-42 1945 - 1946 2nd
VF-42 1948 - 1950
1950 - 1953		 3rd
VF-43 1943 - 1943
1945 - 1946		 1st
VF-43 1948 - 1950
1950 - 1959		 2nd
VF-43 1973 - 1994 3rd
VF-44 1944 - 1945 1st
VF-44 1950 - 1956 2nd
VF-45 1944 - 1945 1st
VF-45 1985 - 1996 2nd
VF-46 1944 - 1945 ..
VF-47 1944 - 1945 ..
VF-48 1944 - 1945 ..
VF-49 1944 - 1945 ..
VF-50 1943 - 1945 ..
VF-51 1943 - 1945 1st
VF- Squadrons
VF-51 1948 - 1995 2nd
VF-52 1943 - 1943 1st
VF-52 1948 - 1959 2nd
VF-53 1945 - 1945 1st
VF-53 1946 - 1958 2nd
VF-53 1958 - 1962 3rd
VF-53 1963 - 1971 4th
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 1940 - 1943 1st
VF-71 1948 - 1959 2nd
VF-72 1940 - 1943 1st
VF-72 1948 - 1956 2nd
VF-73 1948 - 1958 ..
VF-74 1944 - 1944 1st
VF-74 1945 - 1946 2nd
VF-74 1950 - 1994 3rd
VF-74A 1945 - 1945 ..
VF-75 1945 - 1946 ..
VF-75A 1945 - 1945 ..
VF-80 1944 - 1946 ...
VF-81 1944 - 1946 1st
VF-81 1948 - 1949 2nd
VF-81 1953 - 1955 3rd
VF-81 1955 - 1959 4th
VF-82 1944 - 1946 1st
VF-82 1948 - 1949 2nd
VF-82 1953 - 1959 3rd
VF-83 1944 - 1946 1st
VF-83 1948 - 1949 2nd
VF-83 1953 - 1955 3rd
VF-84 1944 - 1945 1st
VF-84 1953 - 1955 2nd
VF-84 1955 - 1995 3rd
VF-85 1943 - 1945 ..
VF-86 1944 - 1945 ..
VF-87 1944 - 1945 ..
VF-88 1944 - 1945 ..
VF-89 1944 - 1946 ..
VF-91 1948 - 1950 1st
VF-91 1952 - 1963 2nd
VF-92 1944 - 1946 1st
VF-92 1948 - 1950 2nd
VF-92 1952 - 1962
1963 - 1975		 ..
VF-93 1944 - 1946 1st
VF-93 1948 - 1949
1952 - 1953		 2nd
VF-94 1944 - 1945 1st
VF-94 1952 - 1958 2nd
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 1952 -1955 1st
VF-102 1955 - 2000 2nd
VF-103 1952 - 2007 ..
VF-104 1952 - 1953 ..
VF-111 1948 - 1959 1st
VF-111 1959 - 1995 2nd
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 1953 - 1958 1st.
VF-124 1958 - 1994 2nd
VF-131 1948 - 1950 1st.
VF-131 1961 - 1962 2nd
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 1945 - 1945 1st
VF-151 1946 - 1950 2nd
VF-151 1952 - 1956 3rd
VF-151 1959 - 1986 4th
VF-152 1953 - 1958 ...
VF-152 1945 - 1945 ..
VF-153 1945 - 1946 1st
VF-153 1948 - 1950 2nd
VF-153 1953 - 1956 3rd
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 1948 - 1950 1st
VF-192 1950 - 1956 2nd
VF-193 1948 - 1963 ..
VF-194 1950 - 1955 1st
VF-194 1955 - 1958 2nd
VF-194 1963 - 1978
1986 - 1988 		3rd
VF-201 1970 - 1999 ..
VF-202 1970 - 1994 ..
VF-211 1948 - 1949
1955 - 1959		 1st
VF-211 1959 - 2004 2nd
VF-212 1948 - 1949
1955 - 1956		  
VF-213 1955 - 2007 ..
VF-214 1955 - 1956 1st
VF-214 1964 - 1964 2nd
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 1956 - 1958 1st
VF(AW)-3 1958 - 1963 2nd
VF(AW)-4 1956 - 1959 ..
 
     
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last update 1. October 2019

written 10. Juni 2010

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