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VF-126

Fighter Squadron 126
Vf-126.jpg
VF-126 patch
Active 6 April 1956-1 April 1994
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
Part of Inactive
Nickname(s) Bandits
Aircraft FJ-4B Fury
A-4E/M TA-4J Skyhawk
T-2C Buckeye
F-5E Tiger II
F-16N Viper
F-14A Tomcat

Fighter Squadron 126 (VF-126) was an aggressor squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was originally established as Attack Squadron 126 (VA-126) on 6 April 1956, it was redesignated VF-126 on 15 October 1965 and disestablished on 1 April 1994. Formerly known as the Fighting Seahawks. Flew the US Navy's Official Bicentennial Jet which appeared on the front page of the List Angeles Times in May 1976.

VA-126 was a West Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron. With its redesignation as VF-126 it became a Navy aggressor squadron.

The squadron was assigned to these home ports:


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