Editing VC-7

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|unit_name=Fleet Composite Squadron 7 (VC-7)
|image= Utility Squadron VU-7 USN patch.PNG
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|caption= VC-7 Squadron insignia
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|disbanded={{Start date and age|1980|09|30|df=yes}}
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|nickname= Tallyhoers
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'''VC-7 ''Tallyhoers''''' was an aircraft squadron of the [[United States Navy]]. It was located at [[Naval Air Station Miramar]] from 1964 to 1980. Its primary function was to help train aviators in attacking and shooting down enemy aircraft. VC-7 was established as VJ-1 on 4 December 1942. In 1946 it was redesignated VU-7, and on 2 July 1965 to VC-7. The Squadron was disestablished on 30 September 1980.

VC-7 aircraft towed targets and engaged trainee pilots in aerial [[dogfight]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three Killed, One Survives As Plane Towing Target Over Black Rock Desert Crashes |work=[[Nevada State Journal]] |location=Reno, NV |page=10 |date=May 6, 1955 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nevada-state-journal-three-killed-one-s/142589609/ |access-date=March 3, 2024}} The plane that crashed was based at [[Naval Auxiliary Air Station Brown Field]] and were members of "Utility Squadron 7."</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:TBM-3U NAS Barbers Point 1948.jpg|VU-7 TBM-3U at NAS Barbers Point, 1948
File:JD-1 Invader VU-7 in flight 1950s.jpg|VU-7 JD-1 ''Invader'' in the 1950s
File:FJ-4 VU-7 with towed aerial targets 1960.jpg|An FJ-4 with TDU-10/B "Dart" gunnery aerial tow target, 1960
Image:A-4Fs VC-7 NMNA.jpg|Douglas A-4F ''Skyhawk''s of VC-7, 1975 Taken by Lt. Pete Naff. Lt.Charlie "Tuna" Paine(Lead) and LTJG Gary "Easy" Staggs(Wingman)
File:F-4A F-8C and A-4B of VC-7 in flight c1968.jpg|F-4A F-8C and A-4B of VC-7 in flight c1968
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080321071931/http://www.skyhawk.org/3e/vc7/vc7.htm VC-7 history on www.skyhawk.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041106180439/http://history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/2000s/2003/ma03/rockets.pdf VC-7 and the Development of Air-to-Ground Rockets] - ''Naval Aviation News'' (March–April 2003)

[[Category:Composite squadrons of the United States Navy|C-007]]


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