page_title: VA-175 (U.S. Navy)
hierarchical_section_title: VA-175 (U.S. Navy)
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-6 Skyraider of Attack Squadron VA-175 "Devils' Dilpomats" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. VA-175 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17) aboard the FDR. Note the blimp overhead. 139805 was later lost with VA-115 when it suffered an engine failure over the Gulf of Tonkin on 14 February 1967.
context_page_description: VA-175, nicknamed the Devil's Diplomats, was an attack squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-82 on 1 April 1944, redesignated as VA-18A on 15 November 1946, and as VA-175 on 11 August 1948. The squadron was disestablished on 15 March 1958.
context_section_description: VA-175, nicknamed the Devil's Diplomats, was an attack squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-82 on 1 April 1944, redesignated as VA-18A on 15 November 1946, and as VA-175 on 11 August 1948. The squadron was disestablished on 15 March 1958.
caption: VA-175 AD-6 Skyraider aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in 1956
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