Attack Squadron 106 ( VA-106 )
What was the official name of VA-106 (U.S. Navy) after Jul 1966?
VA-106 ( U.S . Navy ) VA-106 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S . Navy . Originally established as Bomber-Fighter Squadron Seventeen ( VBF-17 ) on 2 January 1945 , it was redesignated Fighter Squadron Six B ( VF-6B ) on 15 November 1946 , redesignated VF-62 on 28 July 1948 , redesignated Attack Squadron 106 ( VA-106 ) on 1 July 1955 , it was disestablished on 7 November 1969 . It was the second US Navy squadron to be designated VA-106 . Operational history . World War II . - 16–17 February 1945 : The squadron participated in strikes against targets in and around the Tokyo area . - 20–22 February 1945 : Squadron aircraft participated in strikes against Iwo Jima and provided air support for the landings on the island . - 18–19 March 1945 : Major strikes were conducted by squadron aircraft against Kanoya , the largest airfield on Kyushu and against the Japanese Fleet anchored at Kure Naval Base . - March–May 1945 : The squadron conducted strikes in support of the Okinawa campaign - 7 Apr 1945 : The unit participated in the combined task force strikes against the super battleship Yamato and its accompanying escorts , resulting in the sinking of Yamato , two cruisers and three destroyers . - May 1945 : The squadron participated in strikes against Kyushu and Shikoku , hitting aircraft plants and airfields . On 14 May the squadron’s commanding officer , LTCDR H . W . Nicholson , was killed in action during a strike against Kyushu . 1950s . - 26 April to 4 December 1953 , VF-62 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 4 ( CVG-4 ) aboard for a deployment to Korea and the Western Pacific . - August–November 1956 : During the Suez Crisis , was ordered to the eastern Mediterranean as tensions increased and France and the United Kingdom began preparations for military action against Egypt . Coral Sea was on station during the American evacuation of Western nationals from Egypt and Israel . - July 1959 : During the NATO exercise Riptide , held off the east coast of the United States , the squadron conducted cross-deck operations with the British carrier . 1960s . - 15–28 November 1960 : The squadron operated from as part of the patrol force off the coast of Guatemala and Nicaragua to prevent infiltration by communists from Cuba . - 2–19 June 1961 : Following the assassination of dictator General Rafael Trujillo , the squadron operated from USS Shangri-La off the coast of the Dominican Republic . - 22 October–28 November 1962 : During the Cuban Missile Crisis the squadron was temporary assigned ( TAD ) to the U.S . Air Force’s Nineteenth Air Force , in an alert status aboard the USS Lexington ( CV-16 ) as the USS Shangri-La was in the New York Navy Yard . - May 1963 : The squadron operated from USS Shangri-La in the Caribbean during the period of unrest in Haiti and the Dominican Republic . Vietnam War . - 6 June-15 September 1967 , the squadron was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Seventeen ( CVW-17 ) embarked on for a Vietnam deployment - 29 Jul 1967 : In the USS Forrestal fire the squadron suffered 10 killed and 62 injured . - 4 June 1968 – 8 February 1969 , the squadron was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Ten ( CVW-10 ) embarked on for a Vietnam deployment . Home port assignments . The squadron was assigned to these home ports , effective on the dates shown : - NAS Agana -2 January 1945 - NAS Alameda - 8 July 1945 - NAAS Fallon - September 1945 - NAS Brunswick - February 1946 - NAS Norfolk - 1946 - NAS Oceana - 25 September 1948 - NAS Norfolk - 22 November 1948 - NAS Oceana - 20 January 1949 - NAS Cecil Field - 18 September 1950 - NAS Jacksonville - 13 October 1952 - NAS Cecil Field - December 1954 Aircraft Assignment . The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown : - F6F-5 Hellcat - January 1945 - F4U Corsair - September 1945 - F4U-4 - February 1946 - F8F-2 - 30 June 1948 - F8F-1B - February 1950 - F2H-2 Banshee - 3 August 1950 - F9F-8B Cougar - October 1955 - A4D-2 Skyhawk - 4 June 1958 - A-4C - 18 December 1962 - A-4E - November 1966 - A-4B February 1969 - A-4C March 1969