VC-2 Fleet Composite Squadron Two F-8,Vought F-8 Crusader,18\",Mahogany Scale for Sale

VC-2 Fleet Composite Squadron Two F-8,Vought F-8 Crusader,18\",Mahogany Scale For Sale

$VC-2 Fleet Composite Squadron Two F-8,Vought F-8 Crusader,18\$
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VC-2 Fleet Composite Squadron Two F-8,Vought F-8 Crusader,18\",Mahogany Scale:
$383.00

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