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Bombing Squadron 99 (VB-99); Bombing Squadron 20 (VB-20); Attack Squadron 9A (VA-9A) & Attack Squadron 94 (VA-94) 
Established as Bombing Squadron NINETY NINE (VB-99) on 1 Jul 1943. Redesignated Bombing Squadron TWENTY (VB-20) on 15 Oct 1943; Attack Squadron NINE A (VA-9A) on 15 Nov 1946; Attack Squadron NINETY FOUR (VA-94) on 12 Aug 1948. Disestablished on 30 Nov 1949. 

Major Overseas Deployments:
16 Aug 1944-23 Nov 1944, USS Enterprise, CV-6, CVG-20, Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver, Pacific Cruise
23 Nov 1944-2 Feb 1945, USS Lexington CV-16, CVG-20, Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver, Pacific Cruise

The squadron insignia approved on 9 Dec 1943.

Bombing Squadron 99 (VB-99); Bombing Squadron 20 (VB-20); Attack Squadron 9A (VA-9A) & Attack Squadron 94 (VA-94)

Established as Bombing Squadron NINETY NINE (VB-99) on 1 Jul 1943. Redesignated Bombing Squadron TWENTY (VB-20) on 15 Oct 1943; Attack Squadron NINE A (VA-9A) on 15 Nov 1946; Attack Squadron NINETY FOUR (VA-94) on 12 Aug 1948. Disestablished on 30 Nov 1949.

Major Overseas Deployments:
16 Aug 1944-23 Nov 1944, USS Enterprise, CV-6, CVG-20, Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver, Pacific Cruise
23 Nov 1944-2 Feb 1945, USS Lexington CV-16, CVG-20, Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver, Pacific Cruise

The squadron insignia approved on 9 Dec 1943.

File information
Filename:VB-99-1001.jpg
Album name:AFushi / USN 0090-99
Inscription:None
Base:NAS San Diego, CA, 1 Jul 1943; NAS Kaneohe, HI, 21 Apr 1944; NAS Barbers Point, HI, 30 Apr 1944; NAS Puunene 17 Jun 1944; NAS San Diego, CA, 23 Feb 1945; NAS Wildwood, NJ, 16 Apr 1945; NAS Edenton, NC, 22 Jun 1945; NAAS Elizabeth City, NC, 1 Nov 1945; NAA
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Date added:Nov 16, 2018
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