Second VA-155 (U.S. Navy)

Attack Squadron 155
VA-155 squadron patch
Active	4 February 1953-30 September 1977
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Role	Attack aircraft
Part of	Inactive
Nickname(s)	Silver Fox
Engagements	Korean War Vietnam War
Aircraft flown
Attack	A-1 Skyraider A-4 Skyhawk A-7 Corsair II

Attack Squadron 155 or VA-155 was an 'Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Reserve Attack Squadron VA-71E in 1946, redesignated as VA-58A on 1 October 1948, and redesignated Reserve Composite Squadron VC-722 on 1 November 1949. The squadron was redesignated as VA-728 on 1 April 1950, and called to active duty on 1 February 1951. It was ultimately redesignated VA-155 on 4 February 1953, and disestablished on 30 September 1977. Its nickname was Silver Fox from the early 1960s onward. It was the second squadron to be named VA-155, the first VA-155 was disestablished on 30 November 1949, while a third VA-155 was established on 1 September 1987 and disestablished on 30 April 1993.

October 1951: The squadron engaged in combat operations, flying its first sorties over Korea.

February 1955: Squadron aircraft flew sorties in support of the evacuation of Chinese Nationalists from the Tachen Islands.

21 August–11 September 1958: The squadron flew sorties in the Taiwan Straits during the Second Taiwan Straits Crisis.

January 1961: USS Coral Sea, with VA-155 embarked, operated in the South China Sea after Pathet Lao forces captured strategic positions in Laos.

7 and 11 February 1965: The squadron participated in Operation Flaming Dart I and II, reprisal strikes against targets in North Vietnam following a Viet Cong attack on the American advisors compound at Pleiku and the American billet in Qui Nhon, South Vietnam.