Second VA-134 (U.S. Navy)

A RIM-2 Terrier SAM missile is fired by USS Constellation (CVA-64) off Puerto Rico in 1962. In the foreground are aircraft from VA-134's "sister squadrons", the VA-133 Blue Knights and VF-131 Nightcappers.

The second squadron designated VA-134 was a short-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed the Scorpions. It was established on 21 August 1961 and disestablished a year later, on 1 October 1962. It was based at NAS Cecil Field and flew A4D-2 Skyhawk aircraft.

Significant events

• Aug 1961: The squadron was established as part of a new Air Group to increase the strength of the fleet as a result of the Berlin Crisis of 1961.

• 8–19 Feb 1962: The squadron was aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) for carrier trials and in a standby status for possible assistance during Project Mercury, the launching of Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, USMC, in Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7.

• Mar–May 1962: The squadron participated in Constellation’s shakedown cruise in the Caribbean.

See also

• VA-133 (U.S. Navy), a "sister squadron"
• Attack aircraft
• List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
• History of the United States Navy

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.