VA-772 / VA-776 |
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Patch No info yet. |
Sources David Weber Jerry Kopff Tailhook Association Clay Jansson Gary Verver John Gabbard |
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Handle VA-772 Red Devils? VA-776 Golden Eagles Heritage VF-776, VA-776 January 27, 1968 Reserve Attack Squadron 776 was called to active duty. October 18, 1968 Reserve Attack Squadron 776 was returned to reserve duty. |
Home Ports 19XX - - - - - - Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, California. June 1968- - - - Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. |
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Air Wings 1968 - - - - - - - - - - NR - - - - - - - - - - - |
Aircraft Date Type First Received - - - - - - Type of Aircraft: Date Type First Received - - - - - - Type of Aircraft: 29 January 1968 - - - Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk * 29 July 1968- - - - - Douglas A4D-2N (A-4C) Skyhawk * 5 June 1967 - - - - - Douglas TA-4F Skyhawk 17 July 1968- - - - - Douglas A4D-5 (A-4E) Skyhawk * * November 30, 1962 The A4D-2 designation changed to A-4B The A4D-2N designation changed to A-4C The A4D-5 designation changed to A-4E For A-4 Skyhawk aircraft assigned to this unit see lower in this page: |
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Deployments No info yet |
Commanding Officers 1962 era - - - - - - - - - CDR H.A. McMillan. January 1968 - - - - - - - CDR M. E. Johnson, Jr. |
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Awards 6 Jan 1962: RADM William I. Martin presented the "CNO Safety Award" Citations and a "Well Done!" to the 22 Naval Air Reserve squadrons at NAS Los Alamitos. |
Awards continued No additional info |
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Events Drill Dates for VA776: 14-15 Apr 1961, 19-20 May 1961, ...., 21-22 Oct 1961, 18-19 Nov 1961, 16-17 Dec 1961, 20-21 Jan 1962, 17-18 Feb 1962, 17-18 Mar 1962, 14-15 Apr 1962, 19-20 May 1962, Jun 1962, 28-29 July 1962, 25-26 Aug 1962, 29-30 Sept 1962, 20-21 Oct 1962. Oct 1961: On Aug. 27 Clinton P. Randle, 2nd, enlisted in the Naval Air Reserve Program and as assigned to VA-776 with his father, LT Clinton Randle. LT Randle had enlisted in the program 21 years ago at the old station then located at Long Beach a year before NAS Los Alamitos found its new home on the present site. Young Randle will be under the wind of Chief Gordon P. Saunders, who enlisted at the same time with LT Randle and still serves in the same squadron with his old shipmate. Recruits Graduate: Recruits Martin Fox and William Meyer last month garnered awards as recruit company honorman at graduation exercise conducted by Captain R.B. Buchan. Fox, 23 year old Compton resident, is an assistant film editor for ABC, and dirlls with VA-776. 1962: Kniss makes Chief. August 5, 1966: Possible mid-air collision with VA-776 A-4B 139964 & VA-776 A-4B BuNo 144900 - Lt.Cmdr. Edward H Wood & Lt. Joseph Feldman perished near Starks, LA. September 1, 1966: A-4B BuNo 142912 and A-4B BuNo 145042. Naval Reserve Cmdr. Duane Anderson was killed Thursday as two jet fighters apparently collided and crashed near Fallon (Nevada) Naval Auxiliary Air Station when returning from routine missions FALLON, Nev. (AP) - A Navy Reserve pilot, the father of six children, was killed in a jet collision Thursday but a second pilot parachuted safely. Cmdr. Duane W. Anderson of Palos Verdes, Calif., assigned to reserve squadron VA-772 at Los Alamitos, Calif., was killed. January 27, 1968: Reserve Attack Squadron 776 was called to active duty following the capture of United States Ship Pueblo - AGER 2 by North Korea January 23, 1968. March 7, 1968: LCdr. David Best, assigned to VA-776, perished in A-4B BuNo 142903 in a crash in the Arizona desert about 12 miles east of Needles, CA while flying a solo training mission. 17 APR 1969: "On 4/17/68 the A-4A Skyhawk BUNo 137828 from the Reserve Attack Squadron 776, flying out of the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station crashed in Anza-Borrego after it’s engine failed. The pilot, Lt. Jerry P. Shafer was able ejected safely from 3000 feet." October 18, 1968: Reserve Attack Squadron 776 was returned to reserve duty. April 25, 2015: My husband Commander John Brame has passed away. He is buried at Jacksonville National Cemetery. |
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Unit Photos Webmaster note: Prior to 1970, reserve aircraft belonged to the local NARTU or Reserve Naval Air Station. Except for those squadrons on active duty, as in Korea, no reserve squadron "owned" their aircraft, as they were assigned to the NARTU/Station. In 1970, during that reorganization of the reserves into the "Reserve Force" concept, each new squadron was made independent of NARTU (later called NAR), and assigned either to CVWR-20 or CVWR-30. All squadrons were then made in the image of active duty units, with the reserve unit Commanding Officer owning the aircraft and reporting to the CAG. March 1968:USNR VA-776 Skyhawk BuNo 142824, NR-5, tail section. Photo by Clay Jansson via Tailhook Association Circa 1968: Reserve squadron VA-776 Skyhawk BuNo 142682, NR-01. Douglas photo, Gary Verver Collection. Los Alamitos Navy/Marine Reserve Skyhawk BuNo 137827 on display at an open house. Gary Verver Collection Off-Duty Photos No info yet. |
A-4 Skyhawk aircraft assigned to VA-776:
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