Transcription of U.S. Navy Squadron Designations and Abbreviations
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U.S. Navy Squadron Designations and Abbreviations
THE SYSTEM OF Squadron Designations wasestablished to help define part of naval aviation s orga-nizational structure and help identify the operationaland administrative functions of aviation within thefleet. Just as the Designations for ships, such as DD,CA, BB, etc., were used to define the duties of thespecific units and their alignment within the fleet orga-nization, so also were the Squadron designationsestablished to formulate the responsibilities and align-ment within naval aviation and the fleet structure. During naval aviation s early years there were bigquestion marks concerning naval aviation s ability tosucceed as a functional component of the fleet andwhether it would survive due to the limited capabili-ties of the aircraft.
The Chief of Naval Operations’ Naval Aeronautical Organization, published for each Fiscal Year, lists the squadron designations without using “Plane” in the designation. It is obvious there is no differ-ence between the squadrons with or without the use of
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