Last update on Aug.14, 2013
All-Weather Fighter Squadron THREE [VF(AW)-3]
Lineage
22May1944 established NACTUPAC (Night Aircraft Carrier Training Unit Pacific)
06Apr1946 redesignated NightDevRonPac (Night Defense Squadron Pacific)
01Aug1946 redesignated VCN-1 (Composite Squadron, Night)
01Sep1948 redesignated FAWTUPAC (Fleet All-Weather Training Unit Pacific)
02May1958 redesignated VF(AW)-3 (All-Weather Fighter Squadron)
Mar1963 disestablished
Nickname
22May1944 - 02May1958 unknown
02May1958 - Mar1963 Blue Nemesis
Deployments
FAWTUPAC DET. 28Sep1948 - 21Feb1949 F6F-5N CV-40 CVG-1 T-04/09 San Diego to Norfolk