VA-133 (U.S. Navy)
Appearance
Attack Squadron 133 | |
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![]() VA-133 insignia | |
Active | 21 August 1961 - 1 October 1962 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Navy |
Type | Attack |
Nickname(s) | Blue Knights |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | A-4B Skyhawk |
VA-133 was a short-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed the Blue Knights. 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.[1]
Operational history
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- August 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 February 1962: A squadron detachment was aboard USS Constellation 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.
- March–May 1962: The squadron participated in Constellation’s shakedown cruise in the Caribbean.[1]
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Attack Squadron 133 (United States Navy).
- List of squadrons in the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons
- Second VA-134 (U.S. Navy), a "sister squadron"
- Attack aircraft
- List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
- History of the United States Navy
References
[edit]This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.
- ^ a b Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 1, Chapter 2, Section 8: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-125 to VA-153. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. pp. 194–221. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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