VAH-16

Heavy Attack Squadron 16

VAH-16 AJ-2 refuels a VF-61 F3H-2 in 1958
Active 15 January 1958-30 January 1959
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
Role aerial refueling
Part of Inactive
Nickname(s) White Blades
Aircraft flown
Attack AJ-2 Savage

VAH-16, nicknamed the White Blades, was a short-lived Heavy Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, based at NAS North Island, California. The squadron flew the North American AJ Savage aircraft.[1]

The squadron was established on 15 January 1958. On 13 Jun it established Detachment A in Hawaii and then relocated it to NAS Agana, Guam, with four AJ-2 aircraft. On 1 Jul 1958, its primary mission of heavy attack high altitude bombing was changed to that of aerial refueling. The squadron was disestablished on 30 January 1959.[1]

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.

  1. 1 2 Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). "VAH-16" (pdf). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons. Naval Historical Center. 1. Washington, DC: Department of the Navy. p. 299.
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