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- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 124 (VMFA-124) was a flying squadron in the Marine Forces Reserve based out of Naval Air Station Memphis flying the A-4 Skyhawk. They were part of Marine Aircraft Group 42 and were decommissioned on 19 June 1999. The squadron is best known as the first Marine squadron to fly the F4U Corsair during World War II and also the first squadron to be based on an aircraft carrier. They were known as the “Wild Aces” and ended World War II with 78 air-to-air victories against Japanese aircraft. (en)
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- World War II
* Battle of Guadalcanal
* Solomon Islands Campaign
* Philippines Campaign, 1944-45
* Battle of Iwo Jima
* Battle of Okinawa (en)
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- Wild Aces (en)
- Whistling Death (en)
- Checkerboards (en)
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- Fighter/Attack squadron (en)
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- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 124 (en)
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- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 124 (VMFA-124) was a flying squadron in the Marine Forces Reserve based out of Naval Air Station Memphis flying the A-4 Skyhawk. They were part of Marine Aircraft Group 42 and were decommissioned on 19 June 1999. The squadron is best known as the first Marine squadron to fly the F4U Corsair during World War II and also the first squadron to be based on an aircraft carrier. They were known as the “Wild Aces” and ended World War II with 78 air-to-air victories against Japanese aircraft. (en)
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- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 124 (en)
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- Wild Aces (en)
- Whistling Death (en)
- Checkerboards (en)
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