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VA-12 was United States Navy Attack Squadron 12.

History

It was established by the redesignation of VF-12 in 1 August 1955. The squadron received the F7U Cutlass. In 1957, it changed to the A4D Skyhawk.
   In 1960, VA-12 was part of airwing of the USS Shangri-La when that carrier was deployed to counter Cuban infiltration into Guatemala and Nicaragua. The next year, the squadron returned to the area aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt to support the government of the Dominican Republic. In 1963 the squadron was deployed in detachments to the USS Essex and USS Intrepid for anti-submarine warfare exercises. In August of the next year, the squadron was again on board the Roosevelt when the carrier was deployed to the eastern Mediterranean in response to trouble between Greeks and Turks on the island of Cyprus.
   The squadron saw combat in Vietnam twice, in 1966 and 1971. Later in 1971, the unit relinquished the A-4 for the A-7 Corsair. 1973 and 1974 saw further trouble in the Mediterranean. 1973 saw the Yom Kippur War and 1974 the assassination of the American ambassador to Cyprus. In 1980, the Iranian hostage crisis saw the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower with the squadron on board. The ship remained at sea for 254 days continuously. Trouble in Lebanon flared in 1983, and the squadron supported the peacekeeping force in the country.
   On 1 October 1986, the squadron was disestablished, ending 31 years of service as an attack unit, and ten years prior to that as a fighter unit.

Home Port Assignment

NAS Cecil Field

Commanding Officers

CDR Paul H. Durand Aug 1955

CDR Marshall P. Deputy, Jr. Jan 1957

CDR Charles A. Pendleton, Jr. 10 January 1958

CDR William B. Barrow 22 January 1959

CDR Richard J. Deprez Mar 1960

CDR John E. Hansen 18 June 1961

CDR Robert E. Oechslin 14 June 1962

CDR Max E. Malan 14 June 1963

CDR Burton E. Berglund 15 June 1964

CDR James D. Whyte 30 April 1965

CDR Robert C. Frosio Apr 1966

CDR Gerald P. Barnett 18 November 1966

CDR Austin C. O’Brien, Jr. 21 November 1967

CDR Richard M. Fletcher Nov 1968

CDR Walter R. Petersen 30 September 1969

CDR Daniel H. L. Gholson 10 July 1970

LCDR Henry E. Nelson 16 June 1971

CDR Anthony A. Less 30 June 1972

CDR John F. Calhoun Oct 1973

CDR James M. Hickerson 1975

CDR Gary W. Mau 14 February 1976

CDR David R. Edwards 10 May 1977

CDR Richard B. Curtis 26 July 1978

CDR Robert A. Maier 1 November 1979

CDR Audrey B. Whitten 26 February 1981

CDR James M. Gill 19 May 1982

CDR Michael W. Samuels 1 October 1983

CDR Harry M. Conner 21 May 1985

Aircraft Assigned

F7U-3 December 1955

A4D-1 April 1957

A4D-2 January 1958

A4D-2N (A-4C) 8 January 1962

A-4E 8 March 1965

A-4C 9 March 1967

A-7E 1 April 1971 The A4D-2 was redesignated the A4-C in 1962.

Squadron Air Wing Assignment

CVG-1 1 August 1955

CVG-10 20 January 1958

CVG-1 (CVW-1) 5 December 1960

CVW-8 25 August 1968

CVW-7 1971 CVG-1 was redesignated CVW-1 on 20 December 1963.

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