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VC-2 Fleet Composite Squadron Two F-8,Vought F-8 Crusader,18″,Mahogany Scale Model

$319.00

Fly with VC-2 of Fleet Composite Squadron Two in this hand crafted F-8 Crusader model. Each piece is carefully from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love.

  • Length – 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

1 in stock (can be backordered)

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VC-2 Fleet Composite Squadron Two F-8

Fly with VC-2 of Fleet Composite Squadron Two in this hand crafted F-8 Crusader model. Each piece is carefully from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love.

  • Length – 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.
Vought F8U-2 (F-8C) Crusader/Bu. 145575
  • 1960-62: VF-84 as AG-207.
  • Upgraded to F-8K.
  • 1969-70: VC-2 as JE-2.
  • VMF-351.
  • 9/1975: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
  • 10/1985: Sent to the Socorro, NM bone yard

FLECOMPRON TWO (VU-2) was originally a Utility Squadron FOUR Detachment stationed at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. On January 8, 1952 demand for utility services had grown to the point where VU-4’s Quonset Point detachment was redesignated Utility Squadron TWO (VU-2). LCDR Carlton Soderholm, USN was the first Blue Falcon Commanding Officer.

Before January 18, 1952, VU-4 Detachment Quonset Point, Rhode Island redesignated Utility Squadron TWO (VU-2). July 1, 1965, VU-2 was redesignated Navy Fleet Support Squadron TWO (VC-2). September 30, 1980, Navy Fleet Support Squadron TWO, Blue Falcons, was disestablished.

VU-2’s mission was to train aircraft controllers and ship gun crews; provide flights to assist in the completion of functional radar tests for Atlantic Fleet and NATO naval units; conduct of transition training in the FS aircraft for newly designated aviators; and aerial combat maneuvering flights in conjunction with fleet fighter squadron combat readiness training.

The newly commissioned squadron had a complement of 30 officers and 185 enlisted men operating the Douglas JD-1 “Invader” and Grumman F9F “Cougar.” VU-2 pilots towed bright red and white targets past firing batteries of U. S. ships from Maine to Puerto Rico. Cougars flew high-speed intercepts for stations and ships in the Atlantic Fleet

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