| Unit Name: | Heavy Attack Squadron 16 |
| Dates: | 15 January 1958-30 January 1959 |
| Country: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Navy |
| Role: | aerial refueling |
| Command Structure: | Inactive |
| Nickname: | White Blades |
| Aircraft 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.[1]
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.