| Unit Name: | Attack Squadron 21A |
| Dates: | 28 August 1944 - 5 August 1947 |
| Country: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Navy |
| Type: | Attack |
| Aircraft Attack: | SB2C Helldiver SBD Dauntless FM-2 Wildcat |
VA-21A was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy during World War II. It was established as Bombing Squadron VB-98 on 28 August 1944 and redesignated as VA-21A on 15 November 1946. The squadron was disestablished on 5 August 1947.
The squadron's mission was to provide a pool of trained dive-bomber pilots and aircrewmen for assignment as replacements to squadrons operating in the Pacific. The training practiced in the squadron included carrier landing qualifications, gunnery, bombing and night flying.[1]
The squadron was assigned the following aircraft in the months shown: