Unit Name: | Fighter Squadron 132 |
Dates: | 21 August 1961 – 1 October 1962 |
Country: | United States |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Role: | Fighter aircraft |
Command Structure: | Inactive |
Nickname: | Swordsmen or "Peg Leg Petes" |
Aircraft Fighter: | F-8D Crusader |
Fighter Squadron 132 or VF-132 was a short-lived aviation unit of the United States Navy established on 21 August 1961 and disestablished on 1 October 1962.[1]
VF-132 was established as part of Carrier Air Group 13. It was deployed on a shakedown cruise in the Caribbean on from 3 March to 6 May 1962. After returning from the cruise, CVG-13 and its constituent squadrons were disestablished on 1 October 1962.
The squadron was assigned to NAS Cecil Field.