page_title: VF-62
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: VF-62 / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy North American FJ-3 Fury assigned to Fighter Squadron VF-62 Boomerangs at Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida (USA), in June 1956. VF-62 would deploy with Air Task Group 202 (ATG-202) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20) to the Mediterranean from 4 July 1956 to 19 February 1957.
context_page_description: Fighter Squadron 62 or VF-62 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established on 1 July 1955 it was disestablished on 1 October 1969.
context_section_description: VF-62 would deploy with Air Task Group 202 (ATG-202) aboard the USS Bennington to the Mediterranean from 4 July 1956 to 19 February 1957.
  VF-62 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Mediterranean deployment from 15 February to 20 September 1965.
  VF-62 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Mediterranean deployment from 15 November 1967 to 4 August 1968.
  VF-62 and CVW-8 was embarked aboard the USS Shangri-La for a Caribbean deployment from October to December 1968.
caption: VF-62 FJ-3 at NAS Cecil Field in 1956
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