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Heavy Attack Squadron 16
VAH-16 AJ-2 refuels a VF-61 F3H-2 in 1958
Active	15 January 1958-30 January 1959
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Role	aerial refueling
Part of	Inactive
Nickname(s)	White Blades
Aircraft flown
Attack	AJ-2 Savage

VAH-16, nicknamed the White Blades, was a short-lived Heavy Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, based at NAS North Island, California. The squadron flew the North American AJ Savage aircraft.

The squadron was established on 15 January 1958. On 13 Jun it established Detachment A in Hawaii and then relocated it to NAS Agana, Guam, with four AJ-2 aircraft. On 1 Jul 1958, its primary mission of heavy attack high altitude bombing was changed to that of aerial refueling. The squadron was disestablished on 30 January 1959.

See also

• History of the United States Navy
• List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.

1. ^ Grossnick, Roy A. (1995). "VAH-16" (pdf). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center. p. 299.

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