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VF-126

Fighter Squadron 126 (VF-126) was an aggressor squadron of the U.S. Navy, and were known as the Fighting Seahawks, and after 1981 as the Bandits.[1] The squadron was originally established as Attack Squadron 126 (VA-126) on 6 April 1956, it was redesignated VF-126 on 15 October 1965 and disestablished on 1 April 1994.[2]

Fighter Squadron 126

6 April 1956 – 1 April 1994

United States

Inactive

Bandits

Gene Cernan

Duke Cunningham

Tom Kilcline Jr.

NAS Miramar

The squadron was assigned to these home ports:

FJ-4B Fury

A-4E/M TA-4J Skyhawk

T-2C Buckeye

F-5E Tiger II

F-16N Viper

List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons

History of the United States Navy