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Second VA-35 (U.S. Navy)

Attack Squadron 35
VA-35 squadron patch
Active1 July 1934 – 31 January 1995
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Navy
RoleAttack aircraft
Part ofInactive
Nickname(s)Black Panthers
EngagementsWorld War II
Korean War
1958 Lebanon crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Operation Desert Shield
Aircraft flown
AttackMartin BM
SB2U Vindicator
SBD Dauntless
A-1 Skyraider
A-6 Intruder
A Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator dive bomber from VB-4 at Oakland, California in 1940. Note the diving black panther insignia on the side. (Click the photo to enlarge it)

Second VA-35, nicknamed the Black Panthers, was a long-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was the second squadron to be assigned the VA-35 designation.