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VF stands for "Fighting Squadron" in the fighter squadron designation used by the United States Navy.
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The collective noun is a squadron of airplanes or a squadron of fighter planes.
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The number of aircraft assigned to a squadron varies depending on the type of squadron and the nationality.
For World War Two, most of the time:
United States:
Army Air Force-Fighter Squadron is 25+
Army Air Force-Bomber Squadron is 12 to 16
Navy Fighter Squdron is 16 to 32
Navy Dive Bomber, Torpedo Bomber or Scout Bomber Squadron is 12 to 18
Japan:
Army Fighter or Bomber Squadron (Chutai) is 9 to 12
Navy Fighter or Bomber Squadron (Chutai) is 6 to 12
Great Britain:
RAF Fighter Squadron is 12
RAF Bomber Squadron is 6 to 12
France 1939-1940:
Army Fighter or Bomber Squadron (Escadrille) is 9
Germany:
Luftwaffe Fighter Squadron (Staffel) is 12
Luftwaffe Bomber Squadron (Staffel) is 9
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Do you mean the 124th Tactical Fighter Squadron? This was the name of the 124th Fighter Squadron during the last few years of the Vietnam War until 1992, when it was renamed to the 124th Fighter Squadron.
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Yes, the noun 'squadron' is a collective noun for:
- a squadron of cavalry
- a squadron of planes
- a squadron of fighter planes
- a squadron of jets
- a squadron of swans
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Fighter aircraft are in a flight, wing, or squadron.
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A group of fighter plans (and bomber planes) is called a squadron. The size can be four or six planes to a squadron and there is a squadron leader.
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Rowlings joined the fighter squadron known as the "Hell's Angels" from the flyboys.
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The noun 'squadron' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a military group; a word for a thing.
The noun 'squadron' is a standard collective noun for:
- a squadron of aeroplanes
- a squadron of cavalry
- a squadron of fighter planes
- a squadron of flying fish
- a squadron of jets
- a squadron of planes
- a squadron of ships
- a squadron of swan
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Pugna Ama Arma Ferre is one of the mottos of Strike Fighter Squadron 15, which is a strike fighter squadron of the United States Navy. Their nickname is Valions.
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A squadron of swans is one of the collective nouns for swan; others are a bank, a bevy, a drift, a herd, a sownder, a team, or a wedge of swans.
The collective noun squadron is also for a squadron of airplanes or a squadron of fighter planes.
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it was the Canadian Lynx a relative of the Bobcat
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The address of the 39Th Fighter Squadron Museum Foundation Inc is: 446 Douglas Fir Drive, Woodland Park, CO 80863
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An air force attack squadron usually consisting of fighter jets and large bombers.
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The movie is literally called 633 Squadron.
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There is a History of the 66th Fighter Squadron. It was put together by Lt. Col. Charles C. Leaf the CO of the 66th toward the end of the war and printed in Italy. It's called "Calling Jackpot" which was there call sign.
Charley was in the 66th from January 1943 till it was deactivated in 1945.
In microfilm available from Maxwell AFB Research Agency there are Histories of the Group as well as the squadrons in their separate rolls of film under Histories of each squadron. There are also film under War Diaries of each Squadron and Group.
There may well be a history of the 65th FS at Maxwell AFB.
CB Compton
Formerly 66th and 65th FIS
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Hit Them Hard The Brazilian Fighter Squadron in World War II - 2001 was released on:
USA: 20 April 2001 (New York City, New York)
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Okinawa Japan has large fruit bats on the island.
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The " Flying Circus " was the name given to The Red Baron's fighter squadron.
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there was this time me and my cousin Keith flew a plane , but we crashed them and Keith died
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That's really your opinion. But I love his 415th concert! It was amazing!
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VMF stands for "Marine Fighter Squadron." It is a designation used in the United States Marine Corps to identify an aviation unit that primarily operates fighter aircraft.
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Mexico was an Allied country, declaring war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. A squadron of Mexican fighter pilots flying US-built fighter planes served in the Pacific during WW2.
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The Wildcat was simply a carrier based fighter, which was later replaced by a purpose built "Zero Killer"; the Hellcat.
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Swat Kats The Radical Squadron - 1993 Night of the Dark Kat 1-7 was released on:
USA: 23 October 1993
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Generally a Squadron - 10-15 aircraft . A wing is usually 3 Squadrons, a Group is usually 3-8 wings
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No, to both.
Current squadrons jump from 230 sqn to 617 (Dambusters) with nothing inbetween.
Previously there was a 361 sqn (ECM Canberras - disbanded 14 July 1967) and the next after that was 500sqn (Auxiliary Air Force, flying Meteors - disbanded 10 March 1957).
There was a USAAF 364th fighter group that served in WWII from the UK (based at RAF Honington) and the USAAF 364th fighter squadron (part of 357th fighter group at Yoxford in WWII).
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the Tuskegee airmen were a black American fighter squadron in ww2. Laurence fishbourne was in a film about it...a good starting point.
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Were on board the Saratoga, out of Honolulu(22June 1942. Flew their planes off the carrier to Midway. My Dad was one of the pilots.
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War?
The Aztec Eagles fought on The Allies side during World War 2
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There were actually 4 all black fighter Squadrons, 99th, 100th, 301st and 302 nd. Together they made up the 332nd Fighter Group, Fifteenth US Army Air Force. The first commander of the 99th, (the first Tuskegee Squadron) was Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. He eventually became Group Commander. His father, Benjamin O.Davis Sr was one of the US Army's first black Generals in WW2.
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I believe he died while flying his fighter and crashed into a communication tower. William was my dad's first cousin.
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This is an excerpt from the official site of the Tuskegee Airman Inc. They served in the European Theater of the war and did an exceptionally good job. They did not lose any planes. They won more medals than any other fighter squadron. Please see their site on the related link below. It is fabulous. And if you get the chance watch the movie about them too.
From Tuskegee Airman, Inc.
"Four hundred and fifty of the pilots who were trained at TAAF served overseas in either the 99th Pursuit Squadron (later the 99th Fighter Squadron) or the 332nd Fighter Group. The 99th Fighter Squadron trained in and flew P-40 Warhawk aircraft in combat in North Africa, Sicily and Italy from April 1943 until July 1944 when they were transferred to the 332nd Fighter Group in the 15th Air Force."
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The Gloster Meteor was one of the first British fighter jets. It went through many variations, becoming an all weather fighter and a an excellent dedicated night fighter.
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The highest ranking Tuskegee Airman was Benjamin Oliver Davis ll, who transferred from the infantry to the Air Service as a captain in July 1941. He became Commandant of Cadets at Tuskegee, then later a pilot of the 99th Fighter Sqn. Later in 1943 he became the Squadron Commander. He left the squadron in September 1943 to become Commander of the first all black Fighter Group, the 332nd.
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The numbers and letters on a P-38 or on any USAAF fighter were the BuNuumber, usually a 5 digit number, and sometimes squadron ID letters.
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6 Squadron RAF Leuchars3 Squadron RAF Coningsby17 Squadron RAF Coningsby29 Squadron RAF Coningsby11 Squadron RAF Coningsby
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The P-38 was the Lightning, not the Mustang. There were at least 14 fighter versions plus two photo-recce and a night fighter.
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Paul Henry Mills Richey has written:
'Fighter pilot' -- subject(s): Biography, British Aerial operations, British Personal narratives, Campaigns, Fighter pilots, Great Britain, Great Britain. Royal Air Force, Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, No. 1, Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, No. 1., World War, 1939-1945
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Near the end of the war all of the remaining He 162's were placed in one squadron and the red arrow was their insignia.
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All modern fighters can fly at night or in all weathers. Radar in the aircraft and on the ground lets them do this.
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