VAH-21

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Heavy Attack Squadron 21
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VAH-21 patch
Active1 September 1968 – 16 June 1969
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Navy
RoleAttack
Part ofInactive
Nickname(s)Roadrunners
Engagements Vietnam War
Aircraft flown
Attack AP-2H Neptune
VAH-21 AP-2H at NAS Patuxent River in 1969 AP-2H Neptune NAS Pax 1969.jpg
VAH-21 AP-2H at NAS Patuxent River in 1969
Former VAH-21 AP-2H on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum Lockheed AP-2H Neptune, USA - Navy AN1026156.jpg
Former VAH-21 AP-2H on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum

VAH-21, nicknamed the Roadrunners, was a short-lived Heavy Attack Squadron of the United States Navy, based at Naval Station Sangley Point, Philippines. The squadron flew the specialized AP-2H version of the Lockheed P-2 Neptune aircraft, of which four examples were converted from standard SP-2H airframes. [1]

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The squadron was established on 1 September 1968, as the first squadron in the Navy with a night interdiction mission using new electronic surveillance equipment. Its mission was to interdict logistics moving over land or sea. A detachment of VAH-21 was immediately established at a Navy facility associated with Cam Ranh Air Base, South Vietnam. The detachment had been a Naval Air Test Center Project TRIM Detachment (TRIM: Trails Roads Interdiction Multi-sensor) prior to becoming a VAH-21 detachment. VAH-21 was disestablished on 16 June 1969. [1]

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons .

  1. 1 2 Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). "VAH-21" (pdf). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center. p. 300.