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US Navy - Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 12 (CARAEWRON 12)
VAW-12 'Bats'
 
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STATUS:   VAW-2 established on July 6, 1948
VAW-2 redesignated VC-12 on October 1, 1948
VC-12 redesignated VAW-12 on July 2, 1956
VAW-12 redesignated VAW-121 on April 1, 1967
 AIRCRAFT:   Grumman TBM-3W Avenger
Douglas AD-3/4/5W (EA-1E) Skyraider
Grumman WF-2 (E-1B) Tracer
Grumman E-2A Hawkeye
 DEPLOYMENTS:   various detachment deployments, assigned to CVG, CVW, CVSG’s aboard aircraft carriers
 
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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-12 / CVW-7) embarked on USS Independence (CVA 62) - 1966-67

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-12 / CVSG-60) embarked on USS Randolph (CVS 15) - 1966

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-12 / CVSG-58) embarked on USS Randolph (CVS 15) - 1966

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-12 / CVW-7) embarked on USS Independence (CVA 62) - September 1965

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-12) - 1960's

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Grumman WF-2 Tracer (VAW-12 / CVG-8) embarked on USS Forrestal (CVA 59) - 1962

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Grumman WF-2 Tracer (VAW-12 / CVG-1) embarked on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) - 1961


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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12 / CVG-8) embarked on USS Forrestal (CVA 59) - April 1960

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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12 / CVSG-56) embarked on USS Valley Forge (CVS 45) - 1960

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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12 / CVSG-56) embarked on USS Valley Forge (CVS 45) - 1960

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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12 / CVSG-52) embarked on USS Wasp (CVS 18) - 1960

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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12) embarked on USS Randolph (CVS 15) - July 1959

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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12 / CVG-10) embarked on USS Forrestal (CVA 59) - circa 1958

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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12 / CVG-10) embarked on USS Forrestal (CVA 59) - 1958-59

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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12 / CVG-10) crashes off USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) - circa 1956

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Douglas AD-5W Skyraider (VAW-12 / CVG-10) crashes off USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) - circa 1956



Composite Squadron 12 (VC-12) - (1948-56)
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Douglas AD-4W Skyraider (VC-12 / CVG-17) embarked on USS Wasp (CVA 18) - 1955

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Douglas AD-4W Skyraider (VC-12 / CVG-4) embarked on USS Lake Champlain (CVA 39) - off Korea - 1953

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Douglas AD-4W Skyraider (VC-12 / CVG-3) embarked on USS Leyte (CVA 32) - 1952-53

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Douglas AD-3W Skyraider (VC-12) at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island - circa 1950

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Grumman TBM-3W Avenger (VC-12) embarked on USS Palau (CVE 122) - undated

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Grumman TBM-3W Avenger (VC-12) embarked on USS Siboney (CVE 112) - 1949
 
 
VAW-12, nicknamed the Bats, was a U.S. Navy Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron. Its history begins on 6 July 1948 when Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron TWO, VAW-2, was commissioned at NAS Norfolk, Virginia. The squadron quickly moved to NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and was redesignated Composite Squadron TWELVE, VC-12. In succession, it operated the TBM Avenger, the AF Guardian, and the AD-5W Skyraider.

In 1956, the squadron was redesignated VAW-12 and acquired a new aircraft, the Guppy version of the Skyraider. In 1961, the WF-2 Tracer, affectionately called the Willie Fudd, arrived, and the following year the squadron returned to NAS Norfolk.

In July 1966, VAW-12 received its first E-2A Hawkeye, and was supplying detachments using two different aircraft aboard ten aircraft carriers of the Atlantic Fleet, as well as training personnel for those detachments. The squadron had grown to over 200 officers and 800 enlisted personnel, as had VAW-11, its counterpart on the West Coast. The Navy determined that its AEW efforts had to be reorganized for greater efficiency and effectiveness.

On 1 April 1967, VAW-12 was disestablished and Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing Twelve was formed to command all Atlantic Fleet AEW efforts. Replacement Airgroup Squadron RVAW-120 was formed to train aviators and enlisted personnel in carrier-based AEW aircraft. VAW-121, VAW-122, and VAW-123 were formed from former VAW-12 operating detachments. 
 
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