page_title: VA-106 (U.S. Navy)
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: VA-106 (U.S. Navy) / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Navy McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee jet fighters from Fighter Squadron 62 (VF-62) "Gladiators" in flight over Hungnam, North Korea, on 26 July 1953, the day before the Korean armistice took effect. VF-62 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) for a deployment to Korea and the Western Pacific from 26 April to 4 December 1953. Hungnam's port area is below the left plane. In the upper left is the mouth of the Songchon River.
context_page_description: VA-106 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. Originally established as Bomber-Fighter Squadron Seventeen on 2 January 1945, it was redesignated Fighter Squadron Six B on 15 November 1946, redesignated VF-62 on 28 July 1948, redesignated Attack Squadron 106 on 1 July 1955, it was disestablished on 7 November 1969. It was the second US Navy squadron to be designated VA-106.
caption: VF-62 F2H-2s over Hungnam in July 1953
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