Marine AC trivia

[Jimdandy]

Do you know what this stands for:

VMF


Tell me what each letter means. It's not far if you were in the Marines to answer. Kidding  

Here's a couple more:

VMFA

VMAAW

[Ripsnort]

     

Originally posted by Jimdandy:
Do you know what this stands for:

VMF

VMFA

VMAAW

From 1937-1975
V stands for "heavier than air aircraft"

M was designed to differentiate  Marine squadrons from Naval squadrons.

F I stands for Fighter or fighting.

VMFA is Marine Fighter Attack Squadron(1963 to preset)

VMAAW is Marine All-Weather attack squadron (1965 to present)

And let me throw you some back at 'cha..


What does these stand for?

VMAT
VMB
VMF(AW)

 

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[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 02-02-2001).]