VFA-22, Strike Fighter Squadron 22, also known as the "Fighting Redcocks", are a United States Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. Their tail code is NA and their radio callsign is "Beef".

VFA-22 is an F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter squadron attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17.

In 1993, VFA-22 was the first Navy squadron to deploy with the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM). In 1999, Fighting Redcock aviators employed the AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) in combat for the first time.

VFA-22 served aboard the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70), the first carrier on station to perform strikes against Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In...

CDR Sheater served as the Executive Officer of the VFA-122 “Flying Eagles” from August 20221 to August 2022 before reporting to the “Fighting Redcocks” of VFA-22 as the Executive Officer from...

VFA-22 led the only Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN air strike of Operation DESERT FOX, which significantly degraded Iraq's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction. In October...

Jun 27, 2023 · NAS Lemoore, Calif. – Naval Air Station Lemoore is excited to announce the return of Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) and Strike Fighter Squadrons VFA-22, VFA-94, VFA-137 and VFA-146 after a...

Today, the 177 enlisted men and women and 25 officers of VFA-22 are based in NAS Lemoore, California, maintaining and flying the McDonnell-Douglas FA-18C Night Attack HORNET. When the SS...

History . 27. July 1948: VF-63 Established at NAS Norfolk VA. March 1956: VF-63 was redesignated VA-63: 1. July 1959: VA-63 was redesignated VA-22

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