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'Unknown' VFT Fighter Training patches - Any References or original examples?


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Salvage Sailor

Aloha Everyone,

 

Does anyone have any solid references or documentation on "VFT" Squadron patches? Other than a topic on our forum here and some images on bluejacket.com, I've only found current sales websites for reproduction/collector VFT patches.

 

I've also found an NHHC Insignia Collection inventory list from 2003 that lists VFT-1 through VFT-6 as being in this collection in Box 83 (NHHC - Naval History and Heritage Command) but there are no photos.

 

I've been looking for several years after I acquired a Green Aces VFT-24 patch which came from a veteran's scrapbook and now I've picked up a new one (VFT-21) that is not described anywhere on the web.

 

Are VFT squadrons Fighter Training squadrons? If so, does anyone have a USN document which notes or lists them and their lineage?

 

What era are they - 1950's? (40's? 60's?)

 

Are there any originals in your collections for us to discuss and compare?

 

Posted below is what I believe is an original VFT-24 that I've had for about 10 years or more.

 

VFT 24 Green Aces 003.jpg

 

VFT 24 Green Aces 004.jpg

 

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VFT-21 JOKERS - From a 1950's USN VP Pilot. Any information on this squadron?

 

VFT 21 Jokers 001.jpg

 

VFT 21 Jokers 002.jpg

 

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Salvage Sailor

Another VFT patch with an unknown history (as of yet)

 

VFT-6

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VFT6002.JPG.50a4c2ce841ab9f846d1c280d6ee2019.JPG

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NEWS ITEM: Naval Aviation June 1960

Unit Designations Changed

BTG's, ATU's Become VT Squadrons

ATGBTGtoVTNavalAviationJune1960.png.0049fedab7abecb968f42d91237249f3.png

 

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It would be nice to pin this one down (and the other VFT squadrons).  The BTG's were redesignated as VT's in May 1960 and they were VFT's before they were BTG's so I'd say it's the 1956 to 1959 time frame or a little earlier.

 

Training Squadrons

 

VT-2       BTG-2 Redesignated VT-2           1 May 1960
              (Basic Training Group-2)

 

VT-3       BTG-3 Redesignated VT-3           1 May 1960

 

VT-4       BTG-9 Redesignated VT-4           1 May 1960

 

VT-6       Multi-Engine Training Group METG,  Whiting Field
               Redesignated VT-6                     1 May 1960

 

VT-7       BTG-7 Activated                          1 Jun 1958
               BTG-7 Redesignated VT-7           1 Jul 1960

 

VT-10     BNAO School Redesignated VT-10    15 Jan 1968
               Basic Naval Aviation Officers (BNAO) School was established within the training department of NAS Pensacola in June 1960. BNAO School became a separate command under the Chief of Naval Air Training 15 Jan 1968.

 

VT-19      VT-19 Established                       2 Aug 1971

 

VT-21     ATU-202 Redesignated VT-21      1 May 1960
              (Advanced Training Unit 202)

 

VT-22     ATU-212 Redesignated VT-22       1 May 1960

 

VT-23     ATU-222 Established                        Nov 1958
               ATU-222 Redesignated VT-23       1 May 1960

 

VT-27     ATU-402 Redesignated VT-27        1 Jul 1960

 

VT-28     ATU-611 Redesignated VT-28        1 May 1960

 

VT-31     ATU-601 Redesignated VT-31        1 May 1960

 

VT-86     VT-86 Established                           5 Jun 1972


 

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