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__NOTOC__ VA-153 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. During a 1949 reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve, a Fighter Squadron at NAS New York (believed to have been VF-718) was redesignated Fighter Squadron VF-831. It was called to active duty on 1 February 1951. The squadron was redesignated as VF-153 on 4 February 1953, and finally as VA-153 on 15 December 1956. It was disestablished on 30 September 1977. The squadron's nickname was the ''Blue Tail Flies'' from 1953 onward. ==Significant events== * Feb 1955: Squadron aircraft flew sorties in support of the evacuation of Chinese Nationalists from the Tachen Islands. * 23 Aug–9 Sep 1958: The squadron flew sorties in the Taiwan Straits after the Chinese Communists bombarded Quemoy Island. * Jan 1961: USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), with VA-153 embarked, operated in the South China Sea after Pathet Lao forces captured strategic positions in Laos. * 2 Feb 1965: The squadron began participating in operations in Laos. These operations involved ''Yankee Team'', ''Operation Barrel Roll'' and ''Operation Steel Tiger'' missions. * 7 and 11 Feb 1965: The squadron participated in Flaming Dart I and II, reprisal strikes against targets in North Vietnam following a Viet Cong attack on the American advisors compound at Pleiku and the American billet in Qui Nhon, South Vietnam. * Mar 1965: The squadron participated in Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing of military targets in North Vietnam. * 13 Aug 1965: The squadron’s commanding officer, Commander H. E. Thomas, was killed in action over North Vietnam. * Mar 1968: USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), with VA-153 embarked, operated on station off the coast of Korea following the capture of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) in January by North Korea. * 21 Nov 1970: The squadron flew missions in support of an attempt to rescue American prisoners of war at the Son Tay prisoner compound, 20 miles west of Hanoi. * 11–22 Feb 1973: Following the cease fire with North Vietnam the squadron flew combat missions in Laos until a cease fire was signed with that country on 22 February 1973. * Feb 1973: Commander D. R. Weichman, the squadron’s executive officer, completed his 625th combat mission of the Vietnam Conflict. He maintains the record for the highest number of combat missions for a Navy fixed-wing pilot during this conflict. * Nov 1973: USS Oriskany (CVA-34), with VA-153 embarked, departed from operations in the South China Sea to relieve USS Hancock (CVA-19) on station in the Arabian Sea due to the unsettled conditions following the Yom Kippur War in the Middle East.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VA-153 (U.S. Navy)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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