Fighter Squadron 45
"Black Knights", "Black Birds"
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| 1. June 1945 | VT-75 Established at NAAS Chincoteague VA. |
| 15. November 1946 | VT-75 was redesignated VA-4B |
| 1. September 1948 | VA-4B was redesignated VA-45 |
| 8. June 1950 | VA-45 Disestablished at NAS Jacksonville FL |
| 1. September 1950 | VA-45 Reestablished at NAS Jacksonville F |
| 1. March 1958 | VA-45 Disestablished at NAS Jacksonville FL |
| 15. February 1963 | VA-45 Reestablished at NAS |
| 7. February 1985 | VA-45 was redesignated VF-45 |
| 31. March 1996 | VF-45 Disestablished at NAS Key West FL. |
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| Planes: |
1945
- 1947
SB2C-5
1947
- 1948
AD-1
1948
- 1949
AM-1
1949
- 1950
AD-1
AD-2
AD-4
AD-6
A-1E
A-1H
F9F-8T
T-28B
TA-4F
A-4C
A-4E
F-5E
| VT-75, VA-4B, VA-45, VF-45 Deployments | |||||
| VT-75 | |||||
| 8. Januar 1946 - 19. March 1946 | CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | CVBG-75 | SB2C-4E | F 400 | |
| 8. August 1946 - 4. Oktober 1946 | CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | CVBG-75 | SB2C-5 | F 500 | |
| VA-45 | |||||
| 13. September 1948 - 23. January 1949 | CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | CVG-4 | AD-1 | F 500 | |
| 6. January 1950 - 23. May 1950 | CVB-41 USS Midway | CVG-4 | AD-1 | F 500 | |
| 15. May 1951 - 4. October 1951 | CV-34 USS Oriskany | CVG-4 | AD-2 | F 500 | |
| 19. April 1952 - 12. October 1952 | CVB-43 USS Coral Sea | CVG-4 | AD-4, AD-4NL | F 500 | |
| 26. April 1953 - 4. December 1953 | CVA-30 USS Lake Champlain | CVG-4 | AD-4, AD-4NL | F 500 | |
| 28. May 1955 - 22. November 1955 | CVA-11 USS Intrepid | CVG-4 | AD-6 | F 400 | |
| 18. August 1956 - 15. October 1956 | CVA-60 USS Saratoga | CVG-4 | AD-6 | F 400 | |
| 1. July 1957 - 24. February 1958 | CVA-15 USS Randolph | CVG-4 | AD-6 | AD 400 | |
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| 16. April 1971 - 15. October 1971 | CVS-11 USS Intrepid | CVSG-56 | Det. 11 | A-4C | AU 660 |
| Mar 1972 - 1972 | CVS-11 USS Intrepid | CVSG-56 | Det. 11 | A-4E | AU 660 |
| 11. July 1972 - 15. October 1972 | CVS-11 USS Intrepid | CVSG-56 | Det. 11 | A-4E | AU 660 |
| 24. November 1972 - 4. May 1973 | CVS-11 USS Intrepid | CVSG-56 | Det. 11 | A-4E | AU 660 |
| VT-75, VA-4B, VA-45, VF-45 Commanding Officers | ||
| LT Richard W. Bond (acting) |
1. Jun. 1945 |
11. Jun. 1945 |
| LT Paul J. Davis, Jr. | 11. Jun. 1945 | 28. Jun. 1945 |
| LCDR James E. Mahan | 28. Jun. 1945 | 31. Oct. 1946 |
| LCDR Garald R. Stablein | 31. Oct. 1946 | 19. Feb. 1947 |
| LCDR Chester L. Dillard (acting) | 19. Feb. 1947 | 26. May 1947 |
| LCDR Lucien G. Powell, Jr. | 26. May 1947 | 15. Jun. 1948 |
| LCDR Leroy V. Swanson | 15. Jun. 1948 | 27. May 1950 |
| LCDR Frederick C. Kidd | 27. May 1950 | 8. Jun. 1950 |
| LCDR G. O. Wood | 1. Sep. 1950 | 11. Apr. 1952 |
| LCDR Richard H. Mills | 11. Apr. 1952 | Oct. 1953 |
| LCDR William F. Krantz | Oct. 1953 | Nov. 1954 |
| CDR Daniel W. Wildfong | Nov. 1954 | Dec. 1955 |
| CDR Glendon Goodwin | Dec. 1955 | 1. Mar.1958 |
| ? | 15. Feb. 1963 | ? |
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| ? | ? | 31. Mar. 1996 |
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