Lineage
  01Jan1937  activated    Fighter Squadron 4M (Marine Corps Squadron)
  01Jul1937  redesignated VMF-2 (Marine Fighting Squadron)
  01Jul1941  redesignated VMF-211 (Marine Fighting Squadron)
  01Feb1949  redesignated VMF-211 (Marine Fighter Squadron)
  30Jun1952  redesignated VMA-211 (Marine Attack Squadron)
  30Jun2016  redesignated VMFA-211 (Marine Fighter Attack Squadron)

Nickname
  1937 - 1941     unknown
  1941 - Present  Wake Island Avengers

Aircraft Carrier Deployments
  VMF-211      10Jul1950 - 10Nov1950  F4U-4  CVB-41  CVG-7   AF-xx   Med
  VMF-211      19Apr1952 - 12Oct1952  F4U-4  CVB-43  CVG-4   AF-1xx  Med
  VMA-211      20Apr1954 - 31Oct1954  AD-4B  CVL-49          AF-xx   Norfolk to San Diego

Shore Based Deployments
  VMA-211        Dec1958 -   Feb1960  A4D-1   MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211        Mar1962 -      1963  A4D-2N  MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211      01Jun1965 - 11Oct1965  A-4E    MAG-15/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211      15Oct1965 - 16Jul1966  A-4E    MAG-12/Chu-Lai, South Vietnam
  VMA-211      14Jul1966 - 30Sep1966  A-4C    MAG-15/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211      01Oct1966 - 05Sep1967  A-4E    MAG-12/Chu-Lai, South Vietnam
  VMA-211      06Sep1967 - 01Dec1967  A-4C    MAG-15/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211      02Dec1967 - 18Feb1970  A-4E    MAG-12/Chu-Lai, South Vietnam
  VMA-211      19Feb1970 - 16May1972  A-4E    MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211      16May1972 - 30Jan1973  A-4E    MAG-12/Vien-Hoa, South Vietnam
  VMA-211      30Jan1973 - 08Aug1976  A-4E    MAG-15/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211        Jun1979 -   Jun1980  A-4M    MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211        Dec1983 -   Jun1984  A-4M    MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211        Jun1987 -   Dec1987  A-4M    MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211        Dec1988 -   Jun1989  A-4M    MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211      28May1993 -   Nov1993  AV-8B   MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211      08Nov1994 -   May1995  AV-8B   MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211DET.    Sep1999 -   Jan2000  AV-8B   Marine Wing Liaison Kadena
  VMA-211DET.    Jan2002 -   Jul2002  AV-8B   MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211      17Jan2003 - 24May2003  AV-8B   1MEF
  VMA-211DET.    Jan2004 -   Feb2005  AV-8B   MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211        Sep2006 -   Mar2007  AV-8B   Al Anbar Province, Al Asad, Iraq
  VMA-211DET.    Jan2009 -   Aug2009  AV-8B   MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211DET.    Jan2011 -   May2011  AV-8B   MAG-12/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
  VMA-211        Apr2012 - 30Jun2012  AV-8B   Kandahar, Afghanistan
  VMA-211      01Jul2012 - 01Nov2012  AV-8B   Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
  VMA-211        Oct2014 - 05May2015  AV-8B   SPMAGTF-Crisis Response/CENTCOM AOR

Amphibious Deployments
  VMA-211DET.A  29May1992 - 24Nov1992  AV-8B  HMM-161  11MEU  LHA-1  WestPac, Persian Gulf
  VMA-211DET.A  07May1993 - 07Jun1993  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHA-3  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.A  11Jul1993 - 27Sep1993  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHA-3  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.A  26Nov1994 - 23Dec1994  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHA-3  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.A  20Jan1995 - 04Jun1995  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHA-3  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.A  11May1996 - 28Jun1996  AV-8B  HMM-166  11MEU  LHD-2  RIMPAC1996
  VMA-211DET.A  10Oct1996 - 10Apr1997  AV-8B  HMM-166  11MEU  LHD-2  WestPac, Persian Gulf
  VMA-211DET.A  07Feb1998 - 05Aug1998  AV-8B  HMM-268  11MEU  LHA-1  WestPac, Persian Gulf
  VMA-211DET.   21Jun1999 - 20Dec1999  AV-8B  HMM-165  11MEU  LHA-5  WestPac, Persian Gulf
  VMA-211DET.A  14Sep1999 - 08Nov1999  AV-8B  HMM-265  31MEU  LHA-3  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.   01Dec2001 - 18Jun2002  AV-8B  HMM-165  13MEU  LHD-6  WestPac, North Arabian Sea
  VMA-211DET.   01Mar2002 - 13Apr2002  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHD-2  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.   30Apr2002 - 26JUn2002  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHD-2  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.   17Jan2003 - 24May2003  AV-8B           1MEF   LHD-6  WestPac, Persian Gulf
  VMA-211DET.     Jan2004 -   Mar2004  AV-8B  HMM-265  31MEU  LHD-2  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.   23Apr2004 - 15Jun2004  AV-8B  HMM-265  31MEU  LHD-2  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.   22Aug2004 -   Feb2005  AV-8B  HMM-265  31MEU  LHD-2  WestPac, Persian Gulf
  VMA-211DET.A  16Jul2005 - 20Feb2006  AV-8B  HMM-163  13MEU  LHA-1  WestPac, CENTCOM AOR
  VMA-211DET.   05Nov2007 - 03Jun2008  AV-8B  HMM-166  11MEU  LHA-1  WestPac, Persian Gulf
  VMA-211DET.   26Jan2009 - 07May2009  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHD-2  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.   12Jun2009 - 18Aug2009  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHD-2  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.   28Jan2011 - 12Apr2011  AV-8B  HMM-262  31MEU  LHD-2  WestPac
  VMA-211DET.   22Feb2011 - 30Sep2011  AV-8B  HMM-163  13MEU  LHD-4  WestPac, Persian Gulf
  VMA-211DET.   26Jul2014 - 24Feb2015  AV-8B  VMM-163  11MEU  LHD-8  U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet AOO
  VMFA-211DET.  10Jul2018 - 01Mar2019  F-35B  VMM-166  13MEU  LHD-2  U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet AOO
  VMFA-211        Apr2021 - 02Dec2021  F-35B  HMS Queen Elizabeth    

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