VF-22

Fighter Squadron 22 or VF-22 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. Originally established as Bombing Fighting Squadron 74A (VBF-74A) on 1 May 1945, it was redesignated VBF-74 on 1 August 1945, redesignated as VF-2B on 15 November 1946, redesignated as VF-22 on 1 September 1948, it was disestablished on 6 June 1958.^[1]

Fighter Squadron 22
Active	1 May 1945 – 6 June 1958
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Role	Fighter aircraft
Part of	Inactive
Engagements	Korean War
Aircraft flown
Fighter	F4U-4 Corsair F2H-2 Banshee

Operational history

VBF-74 F4U-4s prepare to launch from USS Midway in 1945

VBF-74 equipped with F4U-4 Corsairs was assigned to Carrier Air Group 74 (CVBG-74) aboard USS Midway on her shakedown cruise to the Caribbean from 7 November 1945 to 2 January 1946.

VF-22 equipped with F2H-2 Banshees was assigned to Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) aboard USS Lake Champlain for a deployment to Korea and the Western Pacific from 26 April to 4 December 1953. The squadron lost 2 F2H-2s and their pilots during this deployment.^[2]

Home port assignments

Aircraft assignment

• F4U-4 Corsair
• F2H-2 Banshee

See also

• History of the United States Navy
• List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
• List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons