Acting as the Fleet Replacement Squadron for NAS Oceana in Virginia. VA-42 “The Green Pawns” would train Grumman A-6 Intruder pilots for every conflict from Vietnam through Desert Storm.
Obtaining the A-6 in 1963, the Green Pawns would spearhead the Fleet Introduction program for the then state-of-the-art All-weather bomber. With a payload previously only seen with squadrons of aircraft only a decade prior, the A-6 would revolutionize naval bombardment capabilities seeing the end to aircraft such as the A-1H that had long fulfilled the role.
For thirty years, the Green Pawns would see the A-6 through various upgrades including the E and TRAM making the jets the most capable they ever would be. The Squadron would inherent VA-176’s lineage, shedding the Green Pawns title in 1992, and would later be disestablished in 1994, ending a legacy that created thousands of pilots and WSO’s who would serve in every conflict the Navy found itself in.
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