VC-10 Composite Squadron Challengers was a United States Navy aircraft squadron. It was originally known as the Mallards in 1943, but when assigned the F-8 Crusader the squadron pilots unofficially used the name "Challengers".

Formerly a private flight academy and later a training base for the Army, Mira Loma was used by the Navy as a training base for ACORN units and for CASU(F) units as well as for fleet air squadrons. The usual gripes were in evidence as always with healthy young pilots.

Oct 22, 2016 · A U.S. Navy pilot ejects from stricken Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk, BuNo. 154626, 'JH', of VC-10, on flight from NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after engine failure and fire, spends 30 hours in the water before rescue shortly after midnight on Wednesday, 31 December, from the Atlantic ~ 45 miles S. of Bahamian island of Mayaguana by a U.S. Coast Guard ...

The Association works to honor and keep alive the memory of the crew members who helped fight an epic battle against hopeless odds. They never gave up, many of them gave their lives in the process, and they all helped write one of the US Navy’s most amazing stories of heroism.

April 5, 1944, the squadron went aboard its own carrier, the USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73), for an eleven day shakedown cruise. Emphasis was placed on deck load strikes, bombing and strafing of a towed target, navigation, fighter director training, radar training, and torpedo tactics.

Welcome to the official USS Gambier Bay (CVE 73) & Composite Squadron VC10 web site. Website about the Gambier Bay and Composite Squadron VC-10 by The USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) and Composite Squadron VC10 Inc. (Submitted on June 23, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)

VC-10 was established as Composite Squadron TEN 23. September 1943 at NAS Sand Point in Seattle, Washington. It operated both fighters and torpedo bombers. The ceremony's presiding officer was LCDR G. L. Richard, CO of CASU 7, and the acting commanding officer was LT John R. Stewart, USNR.

VC10 or VC-10 may refer to: Vickers VC10, a British jet airliner; VC-10 Challengers, a former United States Navy aircraft squadron; Korg VC-10, an analogue vocoder from the 1970s; Super VC-10 Hap, a species of fish; MAX Machine, a home computer; Akpeteshie, a Ghanaian spirit

Jul 5, 2020 · The Skyhawk flying Challengers executed this mission with 20mm cannon shells, cluster munitions, dumb iron bombs and AIM-9 Sidewinders being their primary arsenal. During the 1980s, under President Reagan’s expansion of the US Navy, VC-10 was in …

VC-10 Composite Squadron Challengers was a United States Navy aircraft squadron. It was originally known as the Mallards in 1943, but when assigned the F-8 Crusader the squadron pilots unofficially used the name "Challengers".