VF-33

Fighter Squadron 33

"Felix the Cat", "Traisiers", "Starfighter"

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History
12. October 1948	VF-33 Established at NAS Quonset Point RI.
1. October 1993	VF-33 Disestablished at NAS Oceana VA

Planes:

1948 - 1949
F8F-1

1949 - 1953
F4U-4

1953 - 1954

1954 - 1957
FJ-3

1957 - 1961
F11F-1

1961 - 19
F8U-1B

1962 - 1964
F-8E

1965 - 1968
F-4B

1968 - 1981
F-4J

1981 - 1993
F-14A

VF-33 Deployments
2. May 1950 - 25. August 1950	CV-32 USS Leyte	CVG-3	F4U-4	K 300
6. September 1950 - 3. February 1951	CV-32 USS Leyte	CVG-3	F4U-4	K 300
3. September 1951 - 21. December 1951	CV-32 USS Leyte	CVG-3	F4U-4	K 300
29. August 1952 - 4. February 1953	CV-32 USS Leyte	CVG-3	F4U-4	K 300
4. January 1954 - 4. August 1954	CVB-41 USS Midway	CVG-6	F9F-6	K 200
3. February 1955 - 30. April 1955	CVA-14 USS Ticonderoga	CVG-6	FJ-3	C 200
9. October 1955 - 30. April 1956	CVA-39 USS Lake Champlain	CVG-6	FJ-3	C 200
May 1957 - June 1957	CVS-32 USS Leyte	-	FJ-3	C 200
3. September 1957 - 22. October 1957	CVA-11 USS Intrepid	CVG-6	FJ-3M	AF 200
13. February 1959 - 30. August 1959	CVA-11 USS Intrepid	CVG-6	F11F-1	AF 200
4. August 1960 - 17. February 1961	CVA-11 USS Intrepid	CVG-6	F11F-1	AF 200
3. August 1961 - 1. March 1962	CVA-11 USS Intrepid	CVG-6	F8U-1	AF 200
3. August 1962 - 11. October 1962	CVAN-65 USS Enterprise	CVG-6	F8U-2NE	AF 200
24. October 1962 - 3. December 1962	CVAN-65 USS Enterprise	CVG-6	F8U-2NE	AF 200
6. February 1963 - 4. September 1963	CVAN-65 USS Enterprise	CVG-6	F-8E	AE 200
8. February 1964 - 3. October 1964	CVAN-65 USS Enterprise	CVW-6	F-8E	AE 200
1. May 1965 - 1. July 1965	CVA-66 USS America	CVW-6	F-4B	AE 200
30. November 1965 - 10. July 1966	CVA-66 USS America	CVW-6	F-4B	AE 200
10. January 1967 - 20. September 1967	CVA-66 USS America	CVW-6	F-4B	AE 200
10. April 1968 - 16. December 1968	CVA-66 USS America	CVW-6	F-4B	AE 200
3. September 1969 - 9. October 1969	CVA-62 USS Independence	CVW-7	F-4J	AG 200
23. June 1970 - 31. January 1971	CVA-62 USS Independence	CVW-7	F-4J	AG 200
16. September 1971 - 16. March 1972	CVA-62 USS Independence	CVW-7	F-4J	AG 200
21. June 1973 - 19. June 1974	CV-62 USS Independence	CVW-7	F-4J	AG 200
19. July 1974 - 21. January 1975	CV-62 USS Independence	CVW-7	F-4J	AG 200
15. October 1976 - 5. May 1976	CV-62 USS Independence	CVW-7	F-4J	AG 200
31. March 1977 - 21. October 1977	CV-62 USS Independence	CVW-7	F-4J	AG 200
5. January 1978 - 1. February 1978	CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower	CVW-7	F-4J	AG 200
28. June 1979 - 14. December 1979	CV-62 USS Independence	CVW-6	F-4J	AE 200
19. November 1980 - 10. June 1981	CV-62 USS Independence	CVW-6	F-4J	AE 200
30. May 1982 - 8. July 1982	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
23. August 1982 - 30. October 1982	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
8. December 1982 - 2. June 1983	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
1. February 1984 - 21. February 1984	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
24. April 1984 - 14. November 1984	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
24. August 1985 - 9. October 1985	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
10. March 1986 - 10. September 1986	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
21. March 1988 - 6 May 1988	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
8. February 1989 - 3. April 1989	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
11. May 1989 - 10. November 1989	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
12. February 1990 - 7. April 1990	CV-64 USS Constellation	CVW-9	F-14A	AB 200
28. December 1990 - 18. April 1991	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
21. August 1991 - 11. October 1991	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200
2. December 1991 - 6. June 1992	CV-66 USS America	CVW-1	F-14A	AB 200

Pictures

VF-33 Commanding Officers
?	18. November 1995	?
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History

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