VA-122 (U.S. Navy)
| Attack Squadron 122 | |
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VA-122 T-28C Trojan at Offutt Air Force Base, 1976
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| Active | 25 May 1950 - 31 May 1991 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Type | Attack |
| Nickname(s) | Flying Eagles |
| Engagements | Korean War |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack |
AD Skyraider TBM Avenger A-7 Corsair II T-39D Sabreliner T28C Trojan |
VA-122 was a long-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Composite Squadron VC-35 on 25 May 1950, redesignated Attack Squadron (All Weather) VA(AW)-35 on 1 July 1956, and finally as VA-122 on 29 June 1959. The squadron was disestablished on 31 May 1991, after 41 years of service, primarily as a training squadron. Its nickname was the Flying Eagles from 1971–1991.
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
* NAS San Diego was redesignated NAS North Island in 1955.
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.
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