Attack Squadron 75
"Sunday Punchers"
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| 20. July 1943 | VB-18 Established at NAS Alameda CA. |
| 15. November 1946 | VB-18 was redesignated VA-7A |
| 27. July 1948 | VA-7A was redesignated VA-74 |
| 15. February 1950 | VA-74 was redesignated VA-75 |
| 31. March 1997 | VA-75 Disestablished at NAS Quonset Point RI. |
| Planes: |
1943
- 1944
SBD-3
1944
- 1945
SB2C-3
1945
- 1948
SB2C-5
1948
- 1949
F4U-4
1949
- 1954
AD-3, AD-4
1954 - 1964
AD-6 (A-1H)
1964 - 1973
A-6A
1973 - 1997
A-6E
| VB-18, VA-7A, VA-74, VA-75 Deployments | ||||
| VB-18 | ||||
| 6. September 1944 - 30. November 1944 | CV-11 USS Intrepid | CVG-18 | SB2C-3 | - |
| 30. September 1945 - 18. October 1945 | CV-4 USS Ranger | CVG-18 | none | - |
| 16. September 1946 - 12. December 1945 | CV-32 USS Leyte | CVG-18 | SB2C-5 | - |
| VA-7A | ||||
| 3. April 1947 - 9. Juni 1947 | CV-32 USS Leyte | CVAG-7 | SB2C-5 | L 300 |
| 30. July 1947 - 19. November 1947 | CV-32 USS Leyte | CVAG-7 | SB2C-5 | L 300 |
| VA-74 | ||||
| 4. January 1949 - 22. May 1949 | CV-47 USS Philippine Sea | CVG-7 | F4U-4 | L 400 |
| VA-75 | ||||
| 10. July 1950 - 10. November 1950 | CVB-41 USS Midway | CVG-7 | AD-4 | L 500 |
| 20. May 1952 - 8. January 1953 | CVA-31 USS Bon Homme Richard | CVG-7 | AD-4 | L 500 |
| 16. September 1953 - 21. February 1954 | CVA-20 USS Bennington | CVG-7 | AD-4 | L 500 |
| 4. May 1955 - 10. December 1955 | CVA-12 USS Hornet | CVG-7 | AD-6 | L 500 |
| 3. September 1957 - 22. October 1957 | CVA-60 USS Saratoga | CVG-7 | AD-6 | AG 500 |
| 2. September 1958 - 12. March 1959 | CVA-15 USS Randolph | CVG-7 | AD-6 | AG 500 |
| 22. April 1959 - 30. June 1959 | CVA-62 USS Independence | CVG-7 | AD-6 | AG 500 |
| 4. August 1960 - 3. March 1961 | CVA-62 USS Independence | CVG-7 | AD-6 | AG 500 |
| 4. August 1961 - 19. December 1961 | CVA-62 USS Independence | CVG-7 | AD-6 | AG 500 |
| 19. April 1962 - 27. August 1962 | CVA-62 USS Independence | CVG-7 | AD-6 | AG 500 |
| 11. October 1962 - 26. November 1962 | CVA-62 USS Independence | CVG-7 | AD-6 | AG 500 |
| 10. May 1965 - 13. December 1965 | CVA-62 USS Independence | CVW-7 | A-6A | AG 500 |
| 13. June 1966 - 1. Februar 1967 | CVA-62 USS Independence | CVW-7 | A-6A | AG 500 |
| 18. November 1967 - 28. June 1968 | CVA-63 USS Kitty Hawk | CVW-11 | A-6A | NH 500 |
| 9. July 1969 - 22. January 1970 | CVA-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6A | AC 500 |
| 17. June 1970 - 9. November 1970 | CVA-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6A / B | AC 500 |
| 7. June 1971 - 28. October 1971 | CVA-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6A, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 11. April 1972 - 13. February 1973 | CV-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6A, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 27. September 1974 - 19.March 1975 | CV-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 6. January 1976 - 28. July 1976 | CV-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 11. July 1977 - 23. December 1977 | CV-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 3. October 1978 - 5. April 1979 | CV-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 11. March 1980 - 27. August 1980 | CV-60 USS Saratoga | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 29. October 1981 - 11. December 1981 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 4. January 1982 - 14. July 1982 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 25. May 1983 - 1. July 1983 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 27. September 1983 - 2. May 1984 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 18. August 1986 - 3. March 1987 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 2. August 1988 - 1. February 1989 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| November 1989 - December 1989 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E, KA-6D | AC 500 |
| 15. August 1990 - 28. March 1991 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E | AC 500 |
| 7. October 1992 - 7. April 1993 | CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy | CVW-3 | A-6E | AC 500 |
| 20. October 1994 - 14. April 1995 | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | CVW-3 | A-6E | AC 500 |
| 28. June 1996 - 20. December 1996 | CVN-65 USS Enterprise | CVW-17 | A-6E / KA-6D | AA 500 |
| VB-18, VA-7A, VA-74, VA-75 Commanding Officers | ||
| LCdr. Charles C. Gold | 20. Jul. 1943 | 27. Nov. 1943 |
| LCdr. Harlan R. Dickson | 27. Nov. 1943 | 5. Feb. 1944 |
| LCdr. George D. Ghesquiere | 5. Feb. 1944 | 12. Feb. 1944 |
| LCdr. Mark Eslick, Jr. | 12. Feb. 1944 | 12. Oct. 1944 |
| LCdr. George D. Ghesquiere | 12. Oct. 1944 | 25. Jan. 1945 |
| LT Max H. Matzick (acting) | 25. Jan. 1945 | 1. Feb. 1945 |
| LT Donald L. Wilson (acting) | 1. Feb. 1945 | 25. Apr. 1945 |
| LT Donald L. Wilson | 25. Apr. 1945 | 19. Aug. 1946 |
| LCdr. William D. Carter | 19. Aug. 1946 | 15. Jun. 1948 |
| LCdr. L. Weidlein (acting) | 15. Jun. 1948 | 21. Jun. 1948 |
| LCdr. William B. Morton | 21. Jun. 1948 | 16. Dec. 1949 |
| LCdr. Nils R. Larson | 16. Dec. 1949 | 10. Mar. 1951 |
| LCdr. H. K. Evans | 10. Mar. 1951 | 5. Dec. 1952 |
| LCdr. W. M. Harnish (acting) | 5. Dec. 1952 | Jan. 1953 |
| Cdr. Benjamin G. Preston | Jan. 1953 | Sep. 1954 |
| Cdr. Griffith P. Stokes | Sep. 1954 | Jan. 1956 |
| Cdr. Samuel M. Tharp, Jr. | Jan. 1956 | 2. May 1957 |
| Cdr. Clifford L. Brown | 2. May 1957 | 2. Jul. 1958 |
| Cdr. C. R. Anderson | 2. Jul. 1958 | 10. Jul. 1959 |
| Cdr. C. S. Curtis | 10. Jul. 1959 | May 1960 |
| Cdr. Stanley Montunnas | May 1960 | Apr. 1961 |
| Cdr. Alphonse G. Goodberlet | Apr. 1961 | 13. Apr. 1962 |
| Cdr. K. H. Lyons | 13. Apr. 1962 | 5. Apr. 1963 |
| Cdr. J. A. Denton, Jr. | 5. Apr. 1963 | 2. Aug. 1963 |
| Cdr. William L. Harris, Jr. | 2. Aug. 1963 | 8. May 1964 |
| Cdr. Leonard A. Snead | 8. May 1964 | 1965 |
| Cdr. Leonard F. Vogt, Jr. | 1965 | 18. Sep. 1965 |
| Cdr. William B. Warwick | 18. Sep. 1965 | 8. Jul. 1966 |
| Cdr. Robert J. Sample | 8. Jul. 1966 | 30. Jun. 1967 |
| Cdr. Jerrold M. Zacharias | 30. Jun. 1967 | 31. Jul. 1968 |
| Cdr. Alastair S. Falconer | 31. Jul. 1968 | 25. Jul. 1969 |
| Cdr. Richard P. Bordone | 25. Jul. 1969 | 3. Jul. 1970 |
| Cdr. Charles J. Cellar, Jr. | 3. Jul. 1970 | 3. Jun. 1971 |
| Cdr. Everett W. Foote | 3. Jun. 1971 | 7. Jun. 1972 |
| Cdr. Charles M. Earnest | 7. Jun. 1972 | 28. Nov. 1972 |
| Cdr. William H. Greene, Jr. | 28. Nov. 1972 | 22. Feb. 1974 |
| Cdr. Morgan M. France | 22. Feb. 1974 | 7. Apr. 1975 |
| Cdr. Melvin L. Seidel | 7. Apr. 1975 | 2. Jul. 1976 |
| Cdr. David L. Osburn | 2. Jul. 1976 | 18. Oct. 1977 |
| Cdr. Kenneth R. Werhan | 18. Oct. 1977 | 12. Jan. 1979 |
| Cdr. Anthony J. Lynch | 12. Jan. 1979 | 8. Jan. 1980 |
| Cdr. Rodney A. Bankson | 8. Jan. 1980 | 30. Jan. 1981 |
| Cdr. Joseph S. Mobley | 30. Jan. 1981 | 19. Mar. 1982 |
| Cdr. Earl D. Wolfgang | 19. Mar. 1982 | 13. Oct. 1983 |
| Cdr. James R. Glover | 13. Oct. 1983 | 3. Apr. 1985 |
| Cdr. Gregory C. Brown | 3. Apr. 1985 | 26. Oct. 1986 |
| Cdr. Alfred G. Harms, Jr. | 26. Oct. 1986 | 14. Apr. 1988 |
| Cdr. John T. Meister | 14. Apr. 1988 | 29. Sep. 1989 |
| Cdr. Robert E. Besal | 29. Sep. 1989 | ? |
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| ? | ? | 31. Mar. 1997 |
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