F/A 18 Hornet of the Fighting Redcocks VFA 22

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The of Strike Fighter Squadron 22 have been a critical part of Naval Aviation for more than 50 years. Originally commissioned as Fighter Squadron SIXTY-THREE at Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, Virginia in 1948, the squadron's official designation was changed to Attack Squadron 22 in July 1959. The first Redcock aviators flew the Grumman F-8F BEARCAT and succeeding pilots progressed through the Vought F-4U CORSAIR, Grumman F9F-2/5 PANTHER, Grumman F9F-6/8 COUGAR, North American FJ-4B FURY, Douglas A-4B/C/D/F SKYHAWK, and the Vought A-7E CORSAIR II. Today, the 177 enlisted men and women and 25 officers of VFA-22 are based in NAS Lemoore, California, maintaining and flying the McDonnell-Douglas FA-18C Night Attack HORNET.