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Fighter Squadron 21 (FITRON 21)
VF-21 ‘Mach Busters’
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established
as VF-74A on May 1, 1945 VF-74 redesignated
VF-1B on November 15, 1946 VF-1B redesignated VF-21 on September 1, 1948 VF-21
redesignated VF-43 on June 1, 1959 |
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AIRCRAFT:
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Vought F4U-4
Corsair (1949-50) Grumman F9F-2/5
Panther (1950-53) Grumman F9F-6/7
Cougar (1953-55) North
American FJ-3 Fury (1955-57) Grumman
F11F-2 Tiger (1957-59) |
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DEPLOYMENTS:
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May
1949 - September 1949 with CVG-2 aboard USS Coral
Sea (CVB 43) January
1951 - May 1951 with CVG-6 aboard USS
Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) January
1952 - May 1952 with CVG-6 aboard USS Midway
(CVB 41) August
1952 - October 1952 with CVG-6 aboard USS Midway
(CVB 41) December
1952 - May 1953 with CVG-6 aboard USS Midway
(CVA 41) September
1953 - February 1954 with CVG-7 aboard USS Bennington (CVA 20) November
1954 - June 1955 with ATG-181 aboard USS Randolph (CVA-15) January
1956 - March 1956 with ATG-181 aboard USS
Forrestal (CVA 59) October
1956 - May 1957 with ATG-181 aboard USS Bennington (CVA 20) October
1957 - December 1957 with CVG-8 aboard USS Ranger
(CVA 61) March
1958 - May 1958 with CVG-8 aboard USS
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F11F-1 Tigers (VF-21) - 1959
F11F-1 Tigers (VF-21) - 1959
F11F-1 Tiger (VF-21 / CVG-8) embarked on
USS Ranger (CVA 61) - 1957
F11F-1 Tiger (VF-21 / CVG-8) embarked on
USS Ranger (CVA 61) - 1957 (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)
FJ-3 Fury (VF-21 / ATG-181) embarked on
USS Forrestal (CVA 59) - 1956 (NNAM)
FJ-3 Furys (VF-21 / ATG-181) embarked on
USS Forrestal (CVA 59) - 1956
FJ-3 Fury (VF-21 / ATG-181) embarked on
USS Forrestal (CVA 59) - 1956
FJ-3 Fury (VF-21 / ATG-181) embarked on
USS Forrestal (CVA 59) - 1956
One of three F9F-6 Cougars of VF-21 that
completed the first transcontinental flight in less than four hours pictured
at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio - 1954 (NNAM)
F9F-2 Panther (VF-21 / CVG-6) embarked on
USS Midway (CVB 41) - 1952 |
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