Marine Strike Fighting Squadron 251
"Wildcats", "Lucifer's Messengers", "Plach Patches", "Thunderbolts", "Red Lightnings"
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History |
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| 1. December 1941 | VMO-251 Established at NAS San Diego CA |
| 1. February 1943 | VMO-251 was redesignated VMF-251 |
| 1. June 1945 | VMF-251 disestablished at Samar Phillippines |
| 1. July 1946 | VMF-251 reestablished as a Rreserve Squadron at NAS Grosse Isle MI |
| 11. January 1951 | VMF-251 activated |
| 26. April 1951 | VMF-251 was redesignated VMA-251 |
| 20. April 1957 | VMA-251 was redesignated VMF-251 |
| 31. October 1964 | VMF-251 was redesignated VMFA-251 |
| 23 April 2020 | VMFA-251 disestablished at MCAS Cherry Point NC. |
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Tailcodes |
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| 1946 - 1951 | Y |
| 1951 - 1957 | AL |
| 1957 - 2020 | DW |
| Planes: |
F4F-3P
F4U-1
F4U-4
AD-1
AD-4
AD-6
FJ-3
F8U-1
F8U-1E (F-8B)
F-8C
F-4B
F-4J
F/A-18A
F/A-18C
| VMF-251, VMA-251, VMFA-251 Deployments | ||||
| 7. February 1962 - 28. August 1962 | CVA-38 USS Shangri La | CVG-10 | F8U-2 | AK 200 |
| 28. August 1995 - 24. February 1996 | CV-66 USS America | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 200 |
| 3. October 1997 - 3. April 1998 | CVN-73 USS George Washington | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 200 |
| August 1998 - September 1998 | CVN-75 USS Harry S. Truman | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 200 |
| 22. September 1999 - 19. March 2000 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 200 |
| 19. September 2001 - 27. March 2002 | CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 200 |
| 2. May 2006 - 18. November 2006 | CVN-65 USS Enterprise | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 200 |
| 7. July 2007 - 19. December 2007 | CVN-65 USS Enterprise | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 200 |
| 18. May 2009 - 30. May 2009 | CVN-77 USS George H.W. Bush | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 400 |
| 13. January 2011 - 15. July 2011 | CVN-65 USS Enterprise | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 400 |
| 11. March 2012 - 4. November 2012 | CVN-65 USS Enterprise | CVW-1 | F/A-18C | AB 400 |
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| VMF-251, VMA-251, VMFA-251 Commanding Officers | ||
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