VA-93 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Fighter Squadron VF-93 on 26 March 1952, and redesignated as VA-93 on 15 September 1956. It was disestablished 30 years later on 31 August 1986. The squadron's nickname was the Blue Blazers from 1954 to 1976 and the Ravens thereafter. [1]

7 Feb 1965: Following a Viet Cong attack against the American advisors compound at Pleiku, South Vietnam, a reprisal strike, named Flaming Dart I, was ordered by the President. VA-93 participated in this strike, but upon reaching the target, the military barracks at Vit Thu Lu, the mission was aborted due to the weather.

VA-56 Ravens History Page [wiki] Attack Squadron Ninety-Three was commissioned forty-four years ago at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. Initially christened Fighter Attack Squadron Ninety-three at the March 1952 commissioning of Carrier Air Group Nine (CAG-9), the squadron first saw combat in Korea, flying from the teakwood deck of the ...

2016年10月18日 · 19 NOV 1965 - A modified kinder and gentler Skull, NUC and Aircraft patch was created by Joe "Fang" Schaedel and adopted. VA-93 was forced to change its patch during the Vietnam War when the Navy Bureau felt atomic explosions a too harsh and eliminated the NUC explosion from the succeeding patch. Patch from the Tailhook Association. Sources ...

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VF-93 Established at NAS : 30. November 1949: VF-93 Disestablished at NAS: 26. March 1952: VF-93 Reestablished at NAS Alameda CA. 26. March 1953: VF-93 was redesignated VA-93: 31. July 1986: VA-93 disestablished at NAS Lemoore CA.

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VF-93 Fighter Squadron 93 'Blue Blazers' (1952-56) redesignated VA-93 in 1956: VF-94 Fighter Squadron 94 'Tough Kitties' (1952-58) redesignated VA-94 in 1958: VF-96 Fighter Squadron 96 'Fighting Falcons' (1962-75) disestablished in 1975: VF-101 Fighter Squadron 101 'Grim Reapers' (1952-2005) disestablished in 2005 / reactivated as VFA-101 in 2012

more than ninety aircraft. Among her attack squadrons were VA 36, VA 93, VA 76 and VA 94. She launched her opening combat strike against targets in North Vietnam on December 17, and by the end of her first week of combat operations, the ENTERPRISE had set a record of 165 combat sorties in a single day, surpassing the KITTY HAWK's 131.