Attack Squadron 46
"Clansmen"
|
Linage |
|
| 24 .May 1955 | VA-46 Established at NAS Cecil Field FL |
| 30. June 1991 | VA-46 Disestablished at NAS |
| Planes: |
1955 - 1958
F9F-8
1958
- 1962
A4D-2
1962 - 1965
A-4C
1966 - 1967
A-4B
1967 - 1969
A-4E
1970 - 1977
A-7B
1977 - 1991
A-7E
Tartan of McDougal (CO Cdr. Clifford A. McDougal)
Tartan of McKenzie (CO Cdr. R. P. McKenzie)
Tartan Variation
Tartan of McDougal
| VA-46 Deployments | ||||
| January 1956 - 9. March 1956 | CVA-15 USS Randolph | ATG-202 | F9F-8 | X 300 |
| 14. July 1956 - 19. February 1957 | CVA-15 USS Randolph | ATG-202 | F9F-8 | X 300 |
| 13. February 1959 - 30. August 1959 | CVA-11 USS Intrepid | CVG-6 | A4D-2 | AF 500 |
| 28. January 1960 - 24. August 1960 | CVA-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | CVG-1 | A4D-2 | AB 400 |
| 2. February 1961 - 15. May 1961 | CVA-38 USS Shangri La | CVG-10 | A4D-2N | AK 500 |
| 7. February 1962 - 28. August 1962 | CVA-38 USS Shangri La | CVG-10 | A4D-2N | AK 500 |
| 24. October 1962 - 20. November 1962 | CVA-38 USS Shangri La | CVW-10 | A4D-2N | AK 500 |
| 1. Oktober 1963 - 23. May 1964 | CVA-38 USS Shangri La | CVW-10 | A-4C | AK 500 |
| 10. February 1965 - 20. September 1965 | CVA-38 USS Shangri La | CVW-10 | A-4C | AK 500 |
| 11. March 1966 - 26. October 1966 | CVA-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-4B | AC 400 |
| 6. June 1967 - 15. September 1967 | CVA-59 USS Forrestal | CVW-17 | A-4E | AA 400 |
| 9. July 1969 - 22. January 1970 | CVA-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-7B | AC 300 |
| 14. September 1970 - 28. February 1971 | CVA-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | A-7B | AB 300 |
| 18. November 1971 - 10. Mai 1972 | CVA-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | A-7B | AB 300 |
| 16. April 1973 - 1. December 1973 | CVA-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | A-7B | AB 300 |
| 28. June 1975 - 27. January 1976 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | A-7B | AB 300 |
| 2. September 1976 - 9. November 1976 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | A-7B | AB 300 |
| 15. January 1977 - 1. August 1977 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | A-7B | AB 300 |
| 7. November 1977 - 13. December 1977 | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 29. June 1978 - 8. February 1979 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 4. August 1980 - 28. March 1981 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 30. May 1982 - 8. July 1982 | CV-66 USS America | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 23. August 1982 - 30. October 1982 | CV-66 USS America | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 8. December 1982 - 2. June 1983 | CV-66 USS America | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 1. February 1984 - 21. February 1984 | CV-66 USS America | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 24. April 1984 - 14. November 1984 | CV-66 USS America | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 24. August 1985 - 9. October 1985 | CV-66 USS America | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 10. March 1986 - 10. September 1986 | CV-66 USS America | CVW-1 | A-7E | AB 300 |
| 16. June 1987 - 28. July 1987 | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | CVW-7 | A-7E | AG 300 |
| 29. February 1988 - 29. August 1988 | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | CVW-7 | A-7E | AG 300 |
| November 1989 - December 1989 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-7E | AC 300 |
| 15. August 1990 - 28. March 1991 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-7E | AC 300 |
| VA-46 Commanding Officers | ||
| LT Charles L. Marshall (acting) | 24 May 1955 | 22 Jun 1955 |
| Cdr. Clifford A. McDougal | 22 Jun 1955 | 10 May 1957 |
| Cdr. A. R. Hawkins | 10 May 1957 | 15 Aug 1958 |
| Cdr. Kent L. Lee | 15 Aug 1958 | 21 Sep 1959 |
| Cdr. Alfred J. Hall, Jr. | 21 Sep 1959 | 7 Sep 1960 |
| Cdr. Hugh J. Tate | 7 Sep 1960 | 13 Dec 1961 |
| Cdr. S. W. Callaway, Jr. | 13 Dec 1961 | 10 Dec 1962 |
| Cdr. W. H. Sells | 10 Dec 1962 | 4 Dec 1963 |
| Cdr. R. P. McKenzie | 4 Dec 1963 | 28 Oct 1964 |
| Cdr. M. P. Mead | 28 Oct 1964 | 12 Nov 1965 |
| Cdr. R. L. Lawler, Jr. | 12 Nov 1965 | 17 Nov 1966 |
| Cdr. Fred S. Dunning, Jr. | 17 Nov 1966 | Nov 1967 |
| Cdr. Jack F. O’Hara | Nov 1967 | 4 Sep 1968 |
| Cdr. Alan G. Murdoch | 4 Sep 1968 | 30 Jan 1970 |
| Cdr. Fred J. Withers | 30 Jan 1970 | 10 Mar 1971 |
| Cdr. Marvin D. Reynolds | 10 Mar 1971 | 3 Mar 1972 |
| Cdr. Dale Lewey | 3 Mar 1972 | 23 Mar 1973 |
| Cdr. Jeremy D. Taylor | 23 Mar 1973 | 13 Jun 1974 |
| Cdr. Ronald R. Boyle | 13 Jun 1974 | Aug 1975 |
| Cdr. Edward F. Bronson | Aug 1975 | 23 Nov 1976 |
| Cdr. David A. Page | 23 Nov 1976 | 16 Feb 1978 |
| Cdr. James T. Matheny | 16 Feb 1978 | 24 May 1979 |
| Cdr. Phillip J. Rooney | 24 May 1979 | 8 Jul 1980 |
| Cdr. Morris M. Demple, Jr. | 8 Jul 1980 | 1 Oct 1981 |
| Cdr. Thomas R. Mitchell III | 1 Oct 1981 | 23 Dec 1982 |
| Cdr. John W. Peterson | 23 Dec 1982 | 13 Jun 1984 |
| Cdr. Dean M. Hendrickson, Jr. | 13 Jun 1984 | 21 Jan 1986 |
| Cdr. Robert C. Kolsterman | 21 Jan 1986 | May 1987 |
| Cdr. Tommy H. Van Brunt | May 1987 | 4 Nov 1988 |
| Cdr. Edward J. Fahy, Jr. | 4 Nov 1988 | 22 May 1990 |
| Cdr. Mark Fitzgerald | 22 May 1990 | 30. Jun. 1991 |
