Squadrons

Squadrons all over the world
Sqn

Sqn	Code	Type	Base	Nickname
United States Navy
VS-20	AX, SV	S-2A	Quonset Point

VS-21	BS, NS, YA	S-2A		Fighting Redtails
VS-21	NS	S-2B
VS-21	BS	S-2C	North Island
VS-21	YA	S-2F	Oakland
VS-21	NS	S-2F, S-2E	North Island	The Lightning Bolts

VS-22	SL	S-2A	Quonset Point, Rhode Island	Checkmate
VS-22	AT	S-2F, S-2E	Quonset Point, Rhode Island
VS-22	..	S-2F, S-2E	Cecil Field, Florida

VS-23	PE	S-2A	Los Alamitos	Black Cats
VS-23	NU	S-2F, S-2E	North Island	World Famous Black Cats

VS-24	AU	S-2F, S-2E, S-2G		Duty Cats

VS-25	SK	S-2A	North Island	Golden Eagles
VS-25	NU	S-2D, S-2F, S-2E	Los Alamitos, later North Island	Golden Eagles

VS-26	SH	S-2A	Norfolk	Lucky Tigers
VS-26	AV	S-2D	Norfolk

VS-27	SM	S-2A		Pelicans
VS-27	AU	S-2F, S-2E	Norfolk	Pelicans
VS-27	AU	S-2G	Quonset Point	Pelicans

VS-28	AS	S-2A, S-2E	Quonset Point	World Famous Hukkers
VS-28	NS	S-2E	Quonset Point	World Famous Hukkers
VS-28	AT	S-2G	Quonset Point	World Famous Hukkers

VS-29	NS	S-2B		Vikings, Tromboners
VS-29	NS	S-2F
VS-29	NS, NT	S-2E

VS-30	MB, AR	S-2E	Norfolk	Sea Tigers

VS-31	SP, MC, AS	S-2A	Quonset Point	Topcats
VS-31	AS, AU	S-2E
VS-31	AU	S-2G	Quonset Point
VS-31	AU	S-2G	Cecil Field

VS-32	AS	S-2A	Quonset Point	Norseman
VS-32	AT, AU	S-2F, S-2E	Quonset Point	Norseman
VS-32	MD	S-2C	Quonset Point	Norseman

VS-33	NT	S-2B, S-2E		Screwbirds
VS-33	NH	S-2G

VS-34	AW	S-2C	Quonset Point	Proud Tigers
VS-34	AW	S-2D

VS-35	NV	S-2A, S-2D		Boomerangers
VS-35	NS	S-2E	North Island
VS-35	NV	S-2E	North Island

VS-36	SD	S-2A, S-2F	Norfolk	Gray Wolves
VS-36	AV	S-2D	Andrews	Gray Wolves

VS-37	SU	S-2A	Los Alamitos	Sawbucks
VS-37	NV	S-2D	Los Alamitos	Sawbucks
VS-37	NH, NT	S-2E	Los Alamitos	Sawbucks
VS-37	NT	S-2G	North Island	Sawbucks

VS-38	NT	S-2E	North Island	Claw Can

VS-39	MF, AU	S-2C	Quonset Point	Hoot Owls
VS-39	AW	S-2D

VS-41	RA	S-2D, S-2E	North Island	Shamrocks

VS-42	AU	S-2A, S-2B, S2F	Quonset Point	.

ATU-604	.	TS-2A	Hutchinson, KS
ATU-611	3B	TS-2A	Corpus Christi
VT-27	3G	TS-2A	Corpus Christi
VT-28	3B	TS-2A	Corpus Christi
VT-31	3A	TS-2A	Corpus Christi
VT-86	4B	TS-2A	Glynco

VC-1	UA	US-2C	Barbers Point	Unique Antiques
VC-2, later VU-2	JE	US-2C	Oceana	Blue Falcons
VC-3	UF	US-2C	Moffet Field	Iron Man
VC-4	JF	US-2C	det Cecil Field
VC-5	UE	US-2C	Atsugi	Checkertails
VC-10	JH	US-2C	Guantanamo	Challengers

VU-2	JE	US-2C	Quonset Point
VU-3	UF	RS-2C
VU-7	UH	US-2C

VX-1	UA	RS-2C	Patuxent River
VX-4	XF	US-2A	Point Mugu	Vanguard
VX-5	XE	US-2B	China Lake	Vampires
AES-12		US-2B	Quantico

NAF Washington		US-2A, US-2B	Washington, DC
NAF Napels		US-2A, US-2C	Napels (Italy)
NAF Norfolk		S-2F	Norfolk
NAS Miramar		US-2B	Miramar
NAS North Island		US-2D	North Island
NAS Quonset Point		US-2D	Quonset Point
NATF Lakehurst		US-2B	Lakehurst

PMR		S-2A, S-2F, ES-2D	Point Mugu
PMRF		ES-2D	Barking Sands
NATC		YS-2F-2	Patuxent River
NTPS		S-2D	Patuxent River
NRL		YS-2G

United States Navy Reserve
VS-71	AW	S-2D, S-2E	Lakehurst	Fighting 71's
VS-72	AW	S-2E	Norfolk
VS-73	AW	S-2E	Lakehurst	Blue Bandits
VS-64	7Y	S-2E	Grosse Isle, later Mt. Clemens
VS-66	.	S-2E	Glenview
VS-81	NW	S-2E	North Island
VS-82	NW	S-2E	Alameda
VS-83	NW	S-2E	Whidbey Island
VS-86	6S	S-2F	Norfolk
VS-721	5Y, 7V	S-2A	Glenview	Eagle Scouts
VS-731		S-2A	Grosse Ile
VS-732		S-2A	Grosse Ile
VS-733	CT	S-2A	Grosse Ile
VS-734		S-2A	Grosse Ile
VS-751		S-2A	Lakehurst
VS-752		S-2A	Lakehurst
VS-753		S-2A	Lakehurst
VS-771	.	S-2A	NAS Los Alamitos	.
VS-772	SU	S-2A	NAS Los Alamitos	.
VS-773		S-2A	NAS Los Alamitos
VS-776		S-2A	NAS Los Alamitos
VS-833	7R	S-2A	NAS New York	.
VS-835	7R	S-2A	NAS New York	.
VS-872	7F	S-2A, S-2F	Oakland
VS-872	6G	S-2D	Alameda
VS-891	7T	S-2A, S-2D, S-2E	Seattle, in 1969 to NAS Whidbey
VS-892	7T	S-2A	Seattle
VS-914	7Y	S-2A	South Weymonth
VS-915	7Y	S-2A	South Weymonth
VS-934	7W	S-2D	Willow Grove

United States Marines Corps
MCAS Futema		US-2A	Futema
MCAS Cherry Point		US-2A	Cherry Point
MCAS New River		US-2A	New River

Comando Aviacion Naval Argentina
EA2S	2-AS-..	S-2A, S-2E, S-2T	Bahia Blanca
EAdPG	2-G-..	US-2A	Bahia Blanca
EAdPG	6-G-..	US-2A	Trelew

Royal Australian Navy
VS-816	8xx	S-2E, S-2G	Nowra	Fighting Tigers
VC-851	8xx	S-2E, S-2G	Nowra	.

Força Aerea Brasileira
1º/1º GAE		P-16A, P-16E, P-16H	Santa Cruz	Cardeal
2º/1º GAE		P-16A, UP16	Santa Cruz

Royal Canadian Navy/Canadian Armed Forces
VS-880		CS-2F-1/2/3	Shearwater	(March 1975 MR-880)
VS-881		CS-2F-1/2/3	Shearwater	(disb. July 1959)
VU-32		CS-2F-1	Shearwater	(disb. June 1992)
VU-33		CS-2F-3	Comox	(disb. June 1992)
VX-10		CS-2F-1/2/3	Cold Lake	(disb. June 1970)
406 Sqn		CS-2F-3	Shearwater
420 Sqn		CS-2F-3	Shearwater

Aeronautica Militaire Aeronautica
30St/86 Gr AS	AS-..	S-2A	Sigonella
41St/87 Gr AS	AS-../41-../87-..	S-2A	Sigonella	(disb. 31-08-78)
41St/88 Gr AS	AS-../41-..	S-2A	Catania

Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force
6 Hikotai		S-2F-1	Kanoya	(April 1958 into 21 Sqn)
11 Kokutai		S-2F-1	Kanoya
12 Kokutai		S-2F-1	Atsugi
13 Kokutai		S-2F-1	Tokushima	(later to Hachinohe)
14 Kokutai		S-2F-1	Tokushima	(later to Shimofusa and Atsugi and into 204 Sqn)
21 Hikotai		S-2F-1	Tokushima	(later into 11/12 Sqn)
31 Kokutai		S-2F-C	Iwakuni
51 Kokutai		S-2F-1, S-2F-C, S-2F-U	Hachinohe	(later to Shimofusa and Atsugi)
61 Kokutai		S-2F-C, S-2F-U	Atsugi
204 Kyoiku Koku	tai	S-2F-1	Atsugi

Republic of Korea Navy/Republic of South Korea Air Force
??		S-2A	??
613 Sqn		S-2E	Pohang

Fuerza de Aviacion de Naval
EAA-22		S-2E	Lima-Callao

Republic of China Air Force
??		S-2A
34ASS		S-2E, S-2T	Pintung
33ASS		S-2E, S-2T	Pintung

Royal Thai Naval Air Division
101 Sqn		US-2C, S-2F	U-Tapao

Turk Donama Havaciligi
301 DZ		S-2A, S-2D, S-2E	Topel

Marine Luchtvaart Dienst
VSQ-1	H	CS-2F, S-2N	Hato (Curaçao)
VSQ-2	V	S-2A	Valkenburg
VSQ-4	D	S-2A	Valkenburg	(onboard HRMS Karel Doorman)
VSQ-5	V	US-2N	Valkenburg
320 Sqn	V	S-2A, US-2N	Valkenburg

Aviación Naval Uruguaya
EAE		S-2A, S-2G	Laguna d Sauce

Armada Venezolana
EAA-2		S-2E	Puerto Cabello

Thanks to: Mike Dickover (VS-721, VS-891), Gene Oleson (many patches), Hal Neubauer (VS-733), Fred Paradie (RCN patches), Larry Futrell(VS-21, VS-23), Terry McGinnis (VS-35 and more), Santiago L. Aversa (EA2S), Jim Bohannan (VX-5), Eric van Heeswijk (MLD patches), Santiago L. Alversa (Peruvian and Argentinian patches, Peter Cleaver (VC-851), CDR Lawrence K. Weber jr (Ret, VS-27), George Scott (VS-31), Jack Bufford (VS-36), Captain Gregg Bambo (Ret, VS-37), Larry Hames (Ret. AVCM, VS-20), Timothy C. Clifford (Commander USNR, Retired, Patricia Method, John Sheehan (Commander USN ret.), Allen E. Michler (AW1, USNR, LTC, TC, USAR), Robert D. Dudley (AM3 VS-25)

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