VF-121

Fighter Squadron 121
VF-121 squadron insignia
Active1 July 1946 – 30 September 1980
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Navy
TypeReplacement Air Group
RoleFighter
Part ofInactive
Nickname(s)Pacemakers
EngagementsKorean War
Aircraft flown
FighterGrumman F9F-2/5 Panther
North American FJ-2/-3 Fury
Grumman F9F-6/8 Cougar
McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee
Grumman F11F-1 Tiger
Douglas F3D-2T2 Skynight
McDonnell F3H Demon
McDonnell Douglas F-4B/J/N/S Phantom
VF-121 F9F-8s launching from USS Hancock (CV-19) c. 1955
VF-121 FJ-3M in 1957
VF-121 F3H in 1956
VF-121 F-4J lands at NAS Miramar in 1978

VF-121 (Fighter Squadron 121) of the US Navy was a former Pacific Fleet Replacement Air Group (RAG) unit. Originally established on 1 July 1946, as VF-781, it was redesignated as VF-121 on 4 February 1953 and disestablished on 30 September 1980.[1] On 11 April 1958 it changed duty from Fleet Squadron to Fleet Replacement Squadron and was later charged with the training of Navy F-4 Phantom flight and maintenance crews.

  1. ^ "Lineage for Fighter Squadrons" (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 October 2016.