List of squadrons in the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons

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The tables below cover every one of the 280 squadrons listed in the U.S. Navy's two-volume Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons (DANAS).[a] Volume 1 covers every squadron in the Attack (VA) and Strike Fighter (VFA) communities from 1935 to 1995.[1] Volume 2 covers every squadron in the Patrol (VP) community from 1922 through 1996.[2]

You can see any squadron's DANAS article by following the link to the cited reference and scrolling down to the appropriate page. You can see its Wikipedia article by clicking the Wikilink in the table; if there is no Wikilink, there is no known article for the squadron.

VA squadrons

This table shows the 88 VA Attack Squadrons listed in Volume 1 of DANAS. A detailed lineage list for all squadrons mentioned in Volume 1 is available HERE.

The articles for these squadrons are in the process of being renamed to parallel the names of articles in the other sections. For example, Third VA-34 (U.S. Navy) will become merely VA-34. This is an intricate process incorporating lessons learned while creating over a hundred squadron articles, and requiring coordination among several Wiki Projects; please do not rename any of these squadron articles yourself unless you are totally aware of all the intricacies.

Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
VA-1E VA-1E (U.S. Navy) 1945–1948 [3]
VA-1L VA-1L (U.S. Navy) 1946–1948 [3]
VA-12 VA-12 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1986 [3]
VA-15 VA-15 (U.S. Navy) 1942–1969 [3]
VA-16 VA-16 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1958 [3]
VA-21A VA-21A (U.S. Navy) 1944–1947 [3]
VA-22A VA-22A (U.S. Navy) 1944–1947 [3]
VA-23 VA-23 (U.S. Navy) 1949–1970 [3]
Second VA-34 Second VA-34 (U.S. Navy) 1943–1969 [4]
Third VA-34 Third VA-34 (U.S. Navy) Redesignated
VFA-34		 [4]
VA-35 VA-35 (U.S. Navy) 1925–1949 [4]
Second VA-35 Second VA-35 (U.S. Navy) 1934–1995 [4]
VA-36 VA-36 (U.S. Navy) 1952–1970 [4]
Second VA-36 Second VA-36 (U.S. Navy) 1987–1994 [4]
VA-38 VA-38 (U.S. Navy) 1967–1968 [4]
VA-42 VA-42 (U.S. Navy) 1950–1994 [5]
VA-44 VA-44 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1950 [5]
Second VA-44 Second VA-44 (U.S. Navy) 1950–1970 [5]
VA-45 VA-45 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1950 [5]
Second VA-45 Second VA-45 (U.S. Navy) 1950–1958 [5]
VA-46 VA-46 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1991 [5]
VA-52 VA-52 (U.S. Navy) 1949–1995 [5]
VA-54 VA-54 (U.S. Navy) 1928–1949 [6]
Second VA-54 Second VA-54 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1958 [6]
VA-55 VA-55 (U.S. Navy) 1943–1975 [6]
Second VA-55 Second VA-55 (U.S. Navy) 1983–1991 [6]
VA-56 VA-56 (U.S. Navy) 1956–1986 [6]
Second VA-64 Second VA-64 (U.S. Navy) 1961–1969 [7]
Second VA-65 Second VA-65 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1993 [7]
Second VA-66 Second VA-66 (U.S. Navy) 1951–1986 [7]
VA-72 VA-72 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1991 [7]
VA-75 VA-75 (U.S. Navy) 1943–1949 [7]
Second VA-75 Second VA-75 (U.S. Navy) 1943–1950 [7]
VA-76 VA-76 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1969 [8]
VA-84 VA-84 (U.S. Navy) 1948–1949 [8]
VA-85 VA-85 (U.S. Navy) 1948–1949 [8]
Second VA-85 Second VA-85 (U.S. Navy) 1951–1994 [8]
VA-93 VA-93 (U.S. Navy) 1952–1986 [8]
VA-94 VA-94 (U.S. Navy) 1943–1949 [8]
VA-95 VA-95 (U.S. Navy) 1943–1949 [8]
Second VA-95 Second VA-95 (U.S. Navy) 1952–1970 [8]
Third VA-95 Third VA-95 (U.S. Navy) 1972–1995 [8]
VA-96 VA-96 (U.S. Navy) 1956–1958 [8]
VA-104 VA-104 (U.S. Navy) 1952–1959 [8]
VA-105 VA-105 (U.S. Navy)
Redirect to VFA-105		 1952–1959 [9]
Second VA-106 Pending 1945–1969 [9]
Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
VA-112 VA-112 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1969 [9]
VA-114 VA-114 (U.S. Navy) 1942–1949 [9]
VA-115 VA-115 (U.S. Navy) Redesignated
VFA-115		 [9]
VA-122 VA-122 (U.S. Navy) 1950–1991 [9]
VA-125 VA-125 (U.S. Navy) 1946–1958 [10]
Second VA-125 Second VA-125 (U.S. Navy) 1956–1977 [10]
VA-128 VA-128 (U.S. Navy) 1967–1995 [10]
VA-133 VA-133 (U.S. Navy) 1961–1962 [10]
Second VA-134 Second VA-134 (U.S. Navy) 1961–1962 [10]
VA-135 VA-135 (U.S. Navy) 1944–1949 [10]
Second VA-135 Second VA-135 (U.S. Navy) 1961–1962 [10]
VA-144 VA-144 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1971 [10]
VA-145 VA-145 (U.S. Navy) 1949–1993 [10]
VA-152 VA-152 (U.S. Navy) 1951–1971 [10]
VA-153 VA-153 (U.S. Navy) 1949–1977 [10]
VA-154 VA-154 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1949 [11]
VA-155 VA-155 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1949 [11]
Second VA-155 Second VA-155 (U.S. Navy) 1946–1977 [11]
Third VA-155 Third VA-155 (U.S. Navy) 1987–1993 [11]
VA-163 VA-163 (U.S. Navy) 1960-0971 [11]
VA-164 VA-164 (U.S. Navy) 1960-0975 [11]
VA-165 VA-165 (U.S. Navy) 1960–1996 [11]
VA-172 VA-172 (U.S. Navy) 1945–1971 [11]
VA-174 VA-174 (U.S. Navy) 1944–1950 [11]
Second VA-174 Second VA-174 (U.S. Navy) 1944–1988 [11]
VA-175 VA-175 (U.S. Navy) 1944–1958 [12]
VA-176 VA-176 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1992 [12]
VA-185 VA-185 (U.S. Navy) 1986–1991 [12]
VA-194 VA-194 (U.S. Navy) 1943–1949 [12]
VA-196 VA-196 (U.S. Navy) 1948–1955 [12]
VA-205 VA-205 (U.S. Navy) 1970–1994 [12]
VA-209 VA-209 (U.S. Navy) 1970–1971 [12]
VA-210 VA-210 (U.S. Navy) 1970–1971 [13]
VA-212 VA-212 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1975 [13]
VA-213 VA-213 (U.S. Navy) 1948–1949 [13]
VA-214 VA-214 (U.S. Navy) 1948–1949 [13]
Second VA-214 Second VA-214 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1958 [13]
VA-215 VA-215 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1967 [13]
Second VA-215 Second VA-215 (U.S. Navy) 1968–1977 [13]
VA-216 VA-216 (U.S. Navy) 1955–1970 [13]
VA-304 VA-304 (U.S. Navy) 1970–1994 [13]
VA-776 VA-776 (U.S. Navy) 1968 [13]
VA-831 VA-831 (U.S. Navy) 1968 [13]
VA-873 VA-873 (U.S. Navy) 1968 [13]

88 squadrons

VAH, VAK, VAL & VAP squadrons

This table shows the 5 VAH Heavy Attack, 2 VAK Tactical Aerial Refueling, 1 VAL Light Attack, and 2 VAP Heavy Photographic squadrons listed in Volume 1 of DANAS. A detailed lineage list for all squadrons mentioned in Volume 1 is available HERE.

Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
VAH-8 VAH-8 1957–1968 [14]
VAH-15 VAH-15 1958–1959 [14]
VAH-16 VAH-16 1958–1959 [14]
VAH-21 VAH-21 1968–1969 [14]
VAH-123 VAH-123 1957–1971 [14]
VAK-208 VAK-208 1970–1989 [15]
VAK-308 VAK-308 1970–1988 [15]
VAL-4 VAL-4 1969–1972 [16]
VAP-61 VAP-61 1951–1971 [17]
VAP-62 VAP-62 1952–1969 [17]

10 squadrons

VFA squadrons

This table shows the 31 VFA Strike Fighter squadrons listed in Volume 1 of DANAS. A detailed lineage list for all squadrons mentioned in Volume 1 is available HERE.

Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
VFA-15 VFA-15 Active [18]
VFA-22 VFA-22 Active [18]
VFA-25 VFA-25 Active [18]
VFA-27 VFA-27 Active [18]
VFA-37 VFA-37 Active [18]
VFA-81 VFA-81 Active [18]
VFA-82 VFA-82 1967–2005 [19]
VFA-83 VFA-83 Active [19]
VFA-86 VFA-86 Active [19]
VFA-87 VFA-87 Active [19]
VFA-94 VFA-94 Active [19]
VFA-97 VFA-97 Active [19]
VFA-105 VFA-105 Active [19]
VFA-106 VFA-106 Active [19]
VFA-113 VFA-113 Active [20]
VFA-125 VFA-125 1980–2010 [20]
Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
VFA-127 VFA-127 1962–1996 [20]
VFA-131 VFA-131 Active [20]
VFA-132 VFA-132 1984–1992 [20]
VFA-136 VFA-136 Active [20]
VFA-137 VFA-137 Active [20]
VFA-146 VFA-146 Active [20]
VFA-147 VFA-147 Active [20]
VFA-151 VFA-151 Active [21]
VFA-161 VFA-161 1960–1987 [21]
VFA-192 VFA-192 Active [21]
VFA-195 VFA-195 Active [21]
VFA-203 VFA-203 1970–2004 [22]
VFA-204 VFA-204 Active [22]
VFA-303 VFA-303 1970–1994 [22]
VFA-305 VFA-305 1970–1994 [22]

31 squadrons

VP squadrons

This table shows the 78 VP Patrol Squadrons listed in Volume 2 of DANAS. An Index of Squadron Histories and Aircraft Data for all squadrons in Volume 2 is available HERE. A detailed lineage list for all squadrons mentioned in Volume 2 is available HERE.

Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
First VP-1 VP-1 (1921-2) 1921–1922 [23]
Second VP-1 VP-1 (1924-6) 1924–1926 [23]
Fifth VP-1 VP-1 Active [23]
Second VP-2 VP-2 1943–1969 [23]
Second VP-3 VP-3 1937–1955 [23]
Second VP-4 VP-4 Active [23]
Second VP-5 VP-5 Active [24]
First VP-6 VP-6 (1924-6) 1924–1926 [24]
Third VP-6 VP-6 1943–1993 [24]
Second VP-7 VP-7 1944–1969 [24]
Second VP-8 VP-8 Active [24]
Second VP-9 VP-9 Active [25]
Third VP-10 VP-10 Active [25]
Fourth VP-11 VP-11 1941–1997 [25]
Third VP-16 VP-16 Active [25]
Third VP-17 VP-17 1946–1995 [25]
Third VP-18 VP-18 1946–1968 [26]
Third VP-19 VP-19 1946–1991 [26]
Third VP-20 VP-20 1929–1949 [26]
Third VP-21 VP-21 1929–1942 [26]
Fifth VP-21 VP-21 (1943-69) 1943–1969 [26]
First VP-22 Pending 1928–1942 [26]
Third VP-22 VP-22 1943–1994 [27]
Third VP-23 VP-23 1930–1995 [27]
Third VP-24 VP-24 1943–1995 [27]
Second VP-25 VP-25 1944–1946 [27]
Third VP-25 VP-25 (1943-50) 1943–1950 [27]
Second VP-26 VP-26 (1944-6) 1944–1946 [28]
Third VP-26 VP-26 Active [28]
Second VP-27 VP-27 1941–1950 [28]
Second VP-28 VP-28 1943–1969 [28]
First VP-29 VP-29 1935–1950 [28]
Second VP-29 VP-29 (1946-55) 1946–1955 [29]
VP-30 VP-30 Active [29]
Second VP-31 VP-31 1960–1993 [29]
Third VP-32 VP-32 1943–1949 [29]
Third VP-33 VP-33 1935–1949 [29]
Second VP-34 VP-34 1936–1956 [29]
First VP-40 VP-40 1940–1950 [29]
Second VP-40 VP-40 (1951-present) Active [30]
Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
Second VP-41 VP-41 1944–1949 [30]
Second VP-42 VP-42 1944–1969 [30]
Third VP-43 VP-43 1944–1949 [30]
Third VP-44 VP-44 1942–1950 [30]
Fourth VP-44 VP-44 (1951-91) 1951–1991 [30]
Third VP-45 Pending Active [30]
VP-46 VP-46 Active [31]
VP-47 VP-47 Active [31]
First VP-48 VP-48 1942–1949 [31]
Second VP-48 VP-48 (1946-91) 1946–1991 [31]
VP-49 VP-49 1944–1994 [32]
VP-50 VP-50 1946–1992 [32]
Third VP-51 VP-51 1948–1950 [32]
Second VP-56 VP-56 1946–1991 [32]
VP-60 VP-60 1970–1994 [32]
Third VP-61 VP-61 1944–1950 [32]
First VP-62 VP-62 1942–1943 [33]
Third VP-62 VP-62 (1942-50) 1942–1950 [33]
Fourth VP-62 VP-62 (1970-present) Active [33]
VP-64 VP-64 1970-2004[d] [33]
VP-65 VP-65 1970–2006 [33]
VP-66 VP-66 1970–2006 [33]
VP-67 VP-67 1970–1994 [33]
VP-68 VP-68 1970–1997 [33]
VP-90 VP-90 1970–1994 [33]
Second VP-91 VP-91 1970–1999 [34]
Second VP-92 VP-92 1970–2007 [34]
Second VP-93 VP-93 1976–1994 [34]
Second VP-94 VP-94 1970–2006 [34]
First VP-102 VP-102 1937–1942 [34]
VP-106 VP-106 1943–1946 [34]
VP-123 VP-123 1943–1946 [34]
VP-131 VP-131 1943–1946 [34]
VP-133 VP-133 1943–1946 [34]
VP-142 VP-142 1943–1946 [35]
VP-148 VP-148 1943–1946 [35]
VP-152 VP-152 1944–1946 [35]
VP-153 VP-153 1944–1946 [35]

78 squadrons

VPB, VP(HL) & VP(AM) squadrons

This table shows the 68 VPB Patrol Bombing, 3 VP(HL) Heavy Patrol, and 2 VP(AM) Amphibian Patrol squadrons listed in Volume 2 of DANAS. An Index of Squadron Histories and Aircraft Data for all squadrons in Volume 2 is available HERE. A detailed lineage list for all squadrons mentioned in Volume 2 is available HERE.

Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
VPB-1 VPB-1 1943–1945 [36]
VPB-4 VPB-4 1943–1945 [36]
VPB-6 (CG) VPB-6 1943–1945 [36]
VPB-11 VPB-11 1924–1945 [36]
VPB-13 VPB-13 1940–1945 [36]
VPB-15 VPB-15 1943–1945 [36]
VPB-16 VPB-16 1943–1945 [36]
VPB-17 VPB-17 1944–1946 [37]
VPB-18 VPB-18 1944–1945 [37]
VPB-20 VPB-20 1944–1946 [37]
VPB-23 VPB-23 1930–1946 [37]
VPB-24 VPB-24 1930–1945 [37]
VPB-29 VPB-29 1923–1940 [38]
VPB-33 VPB-33 1942–1945 [38]
VPB-34 VPB-34 1942–1945 [38]
VPB-43 VPB-43 1941–1945 [38]
VPB-44 VPB-44 1941–1945 [38]
VPB-45 VPB-45 1943–1945 [38]
VPB-52 VPB-52 1928–1945 [38]
VPB-54 VPB-54 1942–1945 [38]
VPB-61 VPB-61 1942–1945 [39]
VPB-63 VPB-63 1942–1945 [39]
VPB-84 VPB-84 1941–1945 [39]
VPB-91 VPB-91 1941–1946 [39]
VPB-92 VPB-92 1941–1945 [39]
VPB-94 VPB-94 1942–1944 [39]
VPB-98 VPB-98 1944–1946 [39]
VPB-99 VPB-99 1945–1946 [39]
VPB-100 VPB-100 1944–1945 [39]
VPB-103 VPB-103 1943–1945 [39]
VPB-105 VPB-105 1924–1945 [40]
VPB-109 VPB-109 1943–1945 [40]
VPB-110 VPB-110 1943–1945 [40]
VPB-112 VPB-112 1943–1945 [40]
VPB-113 VPB-113 1943–1945 [40]
VPB-117 VPB-117 1944–1945 [40]
VPB-118 VPB-118 1944–1945 [40]
Squadron ID
in DANAS		 Wikipedia
Article		 Years in
Service[b]
[c]
VPB-121 VPB-121 1937–1946 [41]
VPB-125 VPB-125 1938–1945 [41]
VPB-126 VPB-126 1942–1945 [41]
VPB-127 VPB-127 1943–1945 [41]
VPB-129 VPB-129 1943–1945 [41]
VPB-132 VPB-132 1943–1945 [41]
VPB-134 VPB-134 1943–1945 [41]
VPB-137 VPB-137 1943–1945 [41]
VPB-139 VPB-139 1943–1945 [41]
VPB-141 VPB-141 1943–1945 [41]
VPB-145 VPB-145 1943–1945 [42]
VPB-147 VPB-147 1943–1945 [42]
VPB-149 VPB-149 1943–1945 [42]
VPB-150 VPB-150 1943–1945 [42]
VPB-151 VPB-151 1944–1945 [42]
VPB-197 VPB-197 1938–1946 [42]
VPB-198 VPB-198 1944–1946 [42]
VPB-199 VPB-199 1944–1945 [42]
VPB-200 VPB-200 1944–1945 [42]
VPB-202 VPB-202 1942–1945 [42]
VPB-203 VPB-203 1942–1945 [42]
VPB-206 VPB-206 1942–1945 [43]
VPB-207 VPB-207 1942–1945 [43]
VPB-209 VPB-209 1943–1945 [43]
VPB-210 VPB-210 1943–1945 [43]
VPB-211 VPB-211 1943–1945 [43]
VPB-212 VPB-212 1943–1946 [43]
VPB-213 VPB-213 1943–1945 [43]
VPB-214 VPB-214 1943–1945 [43]
VPB-215 VPB-215 1943–1945 [43]
VPB-216 VPB-216 1943–1945 [43]
VP-HL-1 VP-HL-1 1943–1947 [44]
VP-HL-3 VP-HL-3 1943–1947 [44]
VP-HL-5 VP-HL-5 1943–1947 [44]
VP-AM-1 VP-AM-1 1942–1948 [45]
VP-AM-5 VP-AM-5 1946–1947 [45]

73 squadrons

Notes

  1. [a]
    Published in the public domain by the Naval Historical Center of the U.S. Department of the Navy's Naval History and Heritage Command, DANAS is the official and authoritative source of information about the squadrons it covers. Additional volumes are planned.
  2. [b]
    If a squadron is still active, a link to its public domain website is provided in this column. Otherwise, the column entry shows the year in which the squadron was first established and the year in which it was finally disestablished. Squadrons typically had more than one designation during that time. They are listed according to their designation when disestablished.
  3. [c]
    The hyperlink in the reference will take you to the section of DANAS that includes this squadron and several others. (DANAS is in the public domain, so there are no copyright considerations in linking directly to it here.) Scroll down to find the one you want. In addition to the material in the Wikipedia article, DANAS articles include extensive material on the squadron's insignia and nickname; detailed lists of Commanding Officers, major overseas deployments, wing assignments and unit awards received; and photos of the squadron's men and aircraft.
  4. [d]
    VP-64 was redesignated as Fleet Logistic Support Squadron VR-64 in 2004. VR-64 is still an active squadron, and its public domain website is HERE.

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