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Attack Squadron 105 (ATKRON 105)
VA-105 ‘Mad Dogs’
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STATUS:
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established as
VA-105 on May 1, 1952 |
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AIRCRAFT:
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Douglas AD-4
Skyraider (1952-54) Douglas AD-6
Skyraider (1954-59) |
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DEPLOYMENTS:
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January 1953 -
July 1953 with CVG-10
aboard USS Tarawa
(CVA 40) August 1953 -
November 1959 with CVG-10 aboard USS Randolph
(CVA 15) September 1955 -
April 1956 with ATG-201 aboard USS Bennington
(CVA 20) February 1958 -
November 1958 with ATG-201 aboard USS Essex (CVA
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images
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AD-6 Skyraider (VA-105 / ATG-201) embarked
on USS Essex (CVA 9) refueling a FJ-3M Fury from VF-62 - 1958 (National Naval
Aviation Museum)
excerpt from above
AD-4 Skyraiders (VA-105 / CVG-10)
embarked on USS Randolph (CVA 15) during her shakedown cruise after the
SCB-27A conversion - 1953 (NNAM) |
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history
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The first VA-105 was commissioned on 1 May
1952 at NAS Cecil Field flying the AD-1 Skyraider. The squadron changed
home-base between NAS Jacksonville and Cecil several times during the 1950s. In July-August 1958, the squadron flew close
air support missions from USS Essex (CVA-9) during the landing of U.S.
Marines in Beirut, Lebanon. Aircraft from VA-105 were the first to be on
station during the landings, and squadron aircraft flew road and border
reconnaissance sorties. Several aircraft were damaged by ground fire on their
reconnaissance missions, however all aircraft returned safely to Essex. In September 1958 when the Chinese communists
began shelling the Quemoy Island group, Essex was ordered to transit the Suez
Canal and report to the U.S. Seventh Fleet for duty in the Taiwan Straits. In November 1958, the squadron's mission was
changed to training personnel in the AD-6 Skyraider. The squadron was decommissioned
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