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English:
A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A
Hornet
of attack squadron VFA-195
Dambusters
in 1986. VFA-195 was briefly assigned to
Carrier Air Wing Ten (CVW-10)
, which was established on 1 November 1986 to be deployed on the aircraft carrier
USS Independence (CV-62)
. As visible,
CVW-10
had the tail code "NM" of the old
CVW-19
which had been disestablished on 30 June 1977, and to which VA-195 had been assigned from 1943 to 1969. However,
CVW-10
was never deployed and VFA-195 was reassigned to
CVW-5
(tail code "NF"), which then deployed on the
USS Midway (CV-41)
.
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1 The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons" [1] |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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