VAH-16

Heavy Attack Squadron 16
VAH-16 AJ-2 refuels a VF-61 F3H-2 in 1958
Active	15 January 1958-30 January 1959
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Role	aerial refueling
Part of	Inactive
Nickname(s)	White Blades
Aircraft flown
Attack	AJ-2 Savage

Military unit

VAH-16, nicknamed the White Blades, was a short-lived Heavy Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, based at NAS North Island, California. The squadron flew the North American AJ Savage aircraft.^[1]

The squadron was established on 15 January 1958. On 13 Jun it established Detachment A in Hawaii and then relocated it to NAS Agana, Guam, with four AJ-2 aircraft. On 1 Jul 1958, its primary mission of heavy attack high altitude bombing was changed to that of aerial refueling. The squadron was disestablished on 30 January 1959.^[1]

References

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

^ ^a ^b Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). "VAH-16" (pdf). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center. p. 299.

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