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Marine Trainig Squadrons
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VMT- Squadrons
VMT-1 1958 - 1967
VMT-2 1958 - 1966
VMT-103 1966 - 1972
VMT-203 1967 - 1972
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VMAT- Squadrons
VMAT-10 1951 - 1958
VMAT-20 19?? - 1958
VMFT- Squadrons
VMFT-10 1951 - 1958
VMFT-20 19?? - 1958
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VMIT- Squadrons
VMIT-10 1951 - 1958
VMIT-20 19?? - 1958
 

VMAT-

VMAT squadrons are tasked with training pilots and crews on the aircraft employed by VMA squadrons.

VMFT-
In the past, VMFT squadrons were tasked with training pilots and crews on the aircraft employed by VMF squadrons.
 

VMIT-
This was a short-lived designation used in the 1950s by a small number of squadrons specially tasked with instrument flight training for the Marine Corps pilots.

VMT-
VMT designation was in use for the Marine Corps training squadrons until the 1960s when the Corps introduced the practice of giving specialized designations to training squadrons depending on the mission type they were training for, such as VMAT, VMFT, VMFT(AW) and so forth.

 

 

 

 

 

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last update 1. August 2022

written  19. April 2009

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