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VF-62

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Fighter Squadron 62
VF-62 squadron insignia
Active	1 July 1955 – 1 October 1969
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Role	Fighter aircraft
Part of	Inactive
Nickname(s)	Boomerangs
Aircraft flown
Fighter	FJ-3M Fury F-8A/C/E Crusader

Fighter Squadron 62orVF-62 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established on 1 July 1955 it was disestablished on 1 October 1969.^[1]

Operational history[edit]

VF-62 FJ-3atNAS Cecil Field in 1956

VF-62 FJ-3 refuels from a VA-105 AD-6 in 1958

VF-62 F-8Cs fly over the USS Shangri-La in 1968

VF-62 would deploy with Air Task Group 202 (ATG-202) aboard the USS Bennington to the Mediterranean from 4 July 1956 to 19 February 1957.

VF-62 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Mediterranean deployment from 15 February to 20 September 1965.

VF-62 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Mediterranean deployment from 15 November 1967 to 4 August 1968.

VF-62 and CVW-8 was embarked aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Caribbean deployment from October to December 1968.

Home port assignments[edit]

NAS Cecil Field

Aircraft assignment[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Lineage for Fighter Squadrons" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 October 2016.

External links[edit]

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