WELCOME TO...
Light Photographic Squadron 62

(VC/VFP-62)
"Fightin' Photo"

Our 18th Year on the Web
Home Base NAS Cecil Field (NZC), FLA.

This site is dedicated to the officers and enlisted men who served with VC/VFP-62.



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    A Special Thank You to:
    VC/VFP-62 squadron members who funded the costs to keep this website on the Internet for 2023 - 2033.

    David Bluestone PHC * Rich Bregoli PH3 * Charles Browning * Capt. Jim Curry * Greg Engler AT2 * Herb Gold PH1 * Pete Hanner AE2 * Barry Hertzog AE2 * Cmdr. Norm Green * Kenneth Jack PH2 * Robert King * Lt Cmdr Tom Larson * Lt Cmdr Don McCoy * George Montgomery PN3 * Bruce Nason JOC/PH2 * Eric Nelson * Tom Pinkley ADJ2 * Lt Rodney Rogers * Capt P.J. Smith * Pete Wallace ADJ2


VFP-62 provided detachments to all Atlantic Fleet attack carriers.
This RF-8A was from Det 38 "Sooper Snoopers"
USS Shangri La (CVA-38) circa 1964-65.
---contributed by Larry Plourde, former PH2


Book Cover Artwork

Blue Moon over Cuba:
Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Captain William B. Ecker USN (ret.) & Kenneth V. Jack

For More Information--- Click: Cuban Missile Crisis


The Crusader---An International Favorite Fighter

VFP-62 RF-8G 1967-68 - USS Shangri La Detachment
The Last VFP-62 Detachment before squadron disestablishment in January 1968
Photo: Lt. Gary Adams & Contributed by: Capt. Len Johnson

For More Information on the Crusader, Click: We Love Crusaders




RF-8G (F8U-1P) ready to fly into the early sun

Photo Courtesy: Arthur W. Scarborough PHC



commendation

President Kennedy presenting the Navy Unit Commendation to VFP-62

"As I said in our meeting at Boca Chica, the reconnaissance flights, which enabled us to determine with precision the offensive build-up in Cuba, contributed directly to the security of the United States in the most important and significant way."
--President John F. Kennedy
(Letter to (then) Cdr. William B. Ecker --January 26, 1963)


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