VF-133 or Fighting Squadron 133 was a
United States Navy fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft are fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiority of the battlespace. Domination of the airspace above a battlefield ...
squadron. It was created in
1948
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* January 1
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during the reorganization of
CAG 13 CAG or cag may refer to:
Military
* CAG, the hull classification symbol#Surface combatant type, United States Navy's hull classification symbol for "cruiser, heavy, guided missile (retired)"
* Civil Affairs Group, the civil-military operations coor ...
in which
VF-13A became
VF-131,
VF-14 became
VF-132
Fighter Squadron 13 or VF-13 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Established on 2 November 1943, it was disestablished on 20 October 1945. It was the first US Navy squadron to be designated as VF-13.
Operational history
VF-13 equipped ...
, VF-133 was commissioned,
VA-13A became
VA-134, and
VA-14A became
VA-135.
Most of VF 133's plank owners came from the two VA squadrons. VA-13A pilots had transitioned from the
Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver to the
Vought F4U Corsair, and when transferred to VF-133, had to learn the
Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat
The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engine carrier-based fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. It served during the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other ...
on the job. VA-14 pilots transitioned from
Gruuman TBM-4 Avengers to F4U Corsairss.
Strike fighter squadrons of the United States Navy
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