VAH-16
Heavy Attack Squadron 16 | |
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Active | 15 January 1958-30 January 1959 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Navy |
Role | aerial refueling |
Part of | Inactive |
Nickname(s) | White Blades |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | AJ-2 Savage |
Military unit
VAH-16, nicknamed the White Blades, was a short-lived Heavy Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, based at NAS North Island, California. The squadron flew the North American AJ Savage aircraft.[1]
The squadron was established on 15 January 1958. On 13 Jun it established Detachment A in Hawaii and then relocated it to NAS Agana, Guam, with four AJ-2 aircraft. On 1 Jul 1958, its primary mission of heavy attack high altitude bombing was changed to that of aerial refueling. The squadron was disestablished on 30 January 1959.[1]
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References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.
- ^ a b Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). "VAH-16" (pdf). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center. p. 299.
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