VX-3
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Air Development Squadron 3 or VX-3 was a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron established on 20 November 1948 and disestablished on 1 March 1960.[1]
Operational history
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VX-3 was established by the merger of the assets of VA-1L and VF-1L and based at NAS Atlantic City, its aircraft carried the tail code "XC".[1][2]
In late 1949 VX-3 received the F6U Pirate which it operated for a short period before sending them into storage at NAS Quonset Point.[3]
In March 1953 VX-3 began operational trials of probe and drogue aerial refueling using AJ-1 Savage bombers.[3]Template:Rp
In late 1954 VX-3 carrier-qualified the F9F-8 Cougar aboard the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[3]Template:Rp
In August 1955 VX-3 F9F-8s successfully tested the first mirror landing system aboard Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[3]Template:Rp
VX-3 received the first F8U-1 Crusaders in December 1956 and conducted carrier qualifications of the Crusader aboard the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in April 1957. During testing of the Crusader two aircraft and pilots were lost. On 6 June 1957 a VX-3 Crusader set a US coast to coast speed record of three hours and twenty-eight minutes, launching from Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". on the West Coast and landing on Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". on the East Coast.[1]
Notable former members
Walter Starghill AT3
See also
- History of the United States Navy
- List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
- List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
References
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