Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-232

  

"Red Devil's"
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History 
1. September 1925 VF-3M Established at MCAS 
1. July 1927 VF-3M was redesignated VF-10M
1. July 1928 VF-10M was redesignated VF-6M
1. July 1930 VF-6M was redesignated VF-10M
1. July 1933 VF-10M was redesignated VB-4M
1. July 1937 VB-4M was redesignated VMB-2
1. July 1941 VMB-2 was redesignated VMSB-232
1. June 1943 VMSB-232 was redesignated VMTB-232
16. November 1945 VMTB-232 Disestablished
3. July 1948 VMF-232 Reestablished as a Reserve Squadron at NAS New York NY
1950 VMF-232 Activated
1. March 1965 VMF-232 was redesignated VMF(AW)-232
8. September 1967 VMF(AW)-232 was redesignated VMFA-232

Planes:
 

 

 

 1925 - 1927
VE-7SF		    
 

 

 

 1927 - 1929
FB-1		  
 

 

 

 1927 - 1930
FB-5		  
 

 

 

 1930 - 1932
F6C-4		    
 

 

 

 1932 - 1935
F4B-4		    
 

 

 

 1935 - 1940
BG-1
 

 

 

 1940 - 1941
SBD-1		    
 

 

 

 1941 - 1942
SBD-3		    
 

 

 

 1942 - 1945
TBF-1		    
 

 

 

 1948 - 1949
F4U-4		    
 

 

 

 1949 - 1950
F6F-5		    
 

 

 

 1950 - 1953
F4U-4		    
 

 

 

 1953 - 1954
F9F-2		  
 

 

 

 1954 - 1956
FJ-2
 

 

 

 1956 - 1959
FJ-4
 

 

 

 1959 - 1965
F8U-1E (F-8B)
 

 

 

 1965 - 1966
F-8D		    
 

 

 

 1966 - 1967
F-8E
 

 

 

 1967 - 1979
F-4J		  
 

 

 

 1979 - 1992
 F-4S		      
 

 

 

 1992 - present
F/A-18A		    
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VMF-232  Deployments 
         
17. September 1958 - 15. November 1958 CVA-20 USS Bennington ATG-4 FJ-4 ND 100
7. June 1962 - 17. December 1962 CVA-34 USS Oriskany CVG-16 F8U-1E WT 200
7. May 2005 - 8. November 2005  CVN-68 USS Nimitz CVW-11 F/A-18C NH 300
2. April 2007 - 30. September 2007  CVN-68 USS Nimitz CVW-11 F/A-18C NH 300
27. January 2008 - 3. Juni 2008  CVN-68 USS Nimitz CVW-11 F/A-18C NH 300
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VMF-232 Commanding Officers 
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last update 1. January 2020

written  19. April 2009

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