Fighting Squadron 51
"Screaming Eagles"
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History |
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| 15. February 1943 | VF-1 Established |
| 15. July 1943 | VF-1 was redesignated VF-5 |
| 15. November 1946 | VF-5 was redesignated VF-5A |
| 1. September 1951 | VF-5A was redesignated VF-51 |
| 16. February 1995 | VF-51 Disestablished at NAS Moffett Flied FL.. |
| Planes: |
F6F-3
F4U-1D
F8F-1
FJ-1
F9F-2
F9F-5
F9F-6
1955
- 1958
FJ-3
F11F-1
F4D-1
F8U-1
F8U-2NE
F-8H
F-8J
F-4B
F-4N
F-14A
| VF-1, VF-5, VF-5A, VF-51 Deployments | ||||
| VF-5 | ||||
| 21. May 1943 - 17. June 1943 | CV-10 USS Yorktown | CVG-5 | F6F-3 | 5-F-0 |
| 6. July 1943 - 24. July 1943 | CV-10 USS Yorktown | CVG-5 | F6F-3 | .. |
| 22. August 1943 - 7. September 1943 | CV-10 USS Yorktown | CVG-5 | F6F-3 | .. |
| 29. September 1943 - 11. October 1943 | CV-10 USS Yorktown | CVG-5 | F6F-3 | .. |
| 10. November 1943 - 9. December 1943 | CV-10 USS Yorktown | CVG-5 | F6F-3 | .. |
| 16. January 1944 - 11. May 1944 | CV-10 USS Yorktown | CVG-5 | F6F-3 | .. |
| 3. March 1945 - 19. March 1945 | CV-13 USS Franklin | CVG-5 | F4U-1D, F6F-5N, F6F-5P | .. |
| VF-5A | ||||
| 31. March 1947 - 16. June 1947 | CV-38 USS Shangria La | CVAG-5 | F8F-1 | S 100 |
| VF-51 | ||||
| 1.May 1950 - 1. December 1950 | CV-45 USS Valley Forge | CVG-5 | F9F-3 | S 100 |
| 26. June 1951 - 25. March 1951 | CV-9 USS Essex | CVG-5 | F9F-3 | S 100 |
| 20. November 1952 - 25. June 1953 | CV-45 USS Valley Forge | CVG-5 | F9F-5 | S 100 |
| 12. March 1954 - 19. November 1954 | CV-47 Philippine Sea | CVG-5 | F9F-6 | S 100 |
| 29. October 1955 - 17. May 1956 | CVA-33 USS Kearsage | CVG-5 | FJ-3 | S 100 |
| 12. July 1957 - 9. December 1957 | CVA-31 USS Bon Homme Richard | CVG-5 | FJ-3 | S 100 |
| 20. June 1958 - 20. August 1958 | CVA-61 USS Ranger | CVG-14 | F11F-1 | NF 100 |
| 5. March 1960 - 11. October 1960 | CVA-14 USS Ticonderoga | CVG-5 | F4D-1 | NF 100 |
| 10. May 1961 - 15. January 1962 | CVA-14 USS Ticonderoga | CVG-5 | F8U-1 | NF 100 |
| 25. July 1962 - 16. September 1962 | CVA-64 USS Constellation | CVG-5 | F8U-2E | NF 100 |
| 3. January 1963 - 15. July 1963 | CVA-14 USS Ticonderoga | CVG-5 | F-8E | NF 100 |
| 14. April 1964 - 15. December 1964 | CVA-14 USS Ticonderoga | CVW-5 | F-8E | NF 100 |
| 28. September 1965 - 13. May 1966 | CVA-14 USS Ticonderoga | CVW-5 | F-8E | NF 100 |
| 5. January 1967 - 22. July 1967 | CVA-19 USS Hancock | CVW-5 | F-8E | NF 100 |
| 27. January 1968 - 10. October 1968 | CVA-31 USS Bon Homme Richard | CVW-5 | F-8H | NF 100 |
| 18. March 1969 - 29. October 1969 | CVA-31 USS Bon Homme Richard | CVW-5 | F-8J | NF 100 |
| 2. April 1970 - 12. November 1970 | CVA-31 USS Bon Homme Richard | CVW-5 | F-8J | NF 100 |
| 12. November 1971 - 17. July 1972 | CVA-43 USS Coral Sea | CVW-15 | F-4B | NL 100 |
| 9. March 1973 - 8. November 1973 | CVA-43 USS Coral Sea | CVW-15 | F-4B | NL 100 |
| 5. December 1974 - 2. July 1975 | CVA-43 USS Coral Sea | CVW-15 | F-4N | NL 100 |
| 4. Oktober 1976 - 21. April 1977 | CVA-42 USS F. D. Roosevelt | CVW-19 | F-4N | NM 100 |
| 30. May 1979 - 25. February 1980 | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 1. April 1981 - 23. November 1981 | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 1. March 1983 - 29. October 1983 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| June 1984 - July 1984 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 18. October 1984 - 24. May 1985 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 12. August 1986 - 5. February 1987 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 15. June 1988 - 14. December 1988 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 5. September 1989 - 9. November 1989 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 1. February 1990 - 31. July 1990 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 1. April 1991 - 11. December 1991 | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 22. Juni 1992 - 4. August 1992 | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 3. November 1992 - 3. Mai 1993 | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| 24. Juni 1994 - 22. December 1994 | CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk | CVW-15 | F-14A | NL 100 |
| Pictures |
| VF-1, VF-5, VF-5A, VF-51 Commanding Officers | ||
| Lt CDR Charles L. Crommelin | 16. February 1943 | September 1943 |
| Lt. CDR Edward M Owen | September 1943 | 22. March 1944 |
| CDR Edwn B. Parker | 22. March 1944 | 8. May 1945 |
| Lt. CDR Mc Gregor Kilpatrick | 8. May 1945 | ? |
| CDR R. B. Baldwin | 1962 | |
