Fleet Replacement Squadron

A Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), is a unit of the United States Navy and Marine Corps that trains Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers (NFOs) on the specific front-line aircraft they have been assigned to fly. Students, referred to as Replacement Pilots or Replacement Weapon Systems Officers are either newly winged aviators (Category I), aviators transitioning from one type aircraft to another (Category II), or aviators returning to the cockpit after a period of non-flying (Category III). After completing the training regimen, graduates are assigned to fleet squadrons. Additionally, FRSs are responsible for training aircraft mechanics, providing replacement aircraft for fleet squadron attrition, and standardizing maintenance and aircraft operations.

U.S. Navy and Marine personnel (RPs, instructors, maintainers, etc.) are frequently assigned to other services FRSs. The FRSs were formerly known as Replacement Air Groups, and are thus commonly called "Rags".

Active

US Navy

Logo	Squadron Name	Aircraft Trained	Station
	HM-12	MH-53E Sea Dragon	NS Norfolk, VA
	HSC-2	MH-60S	NS Norfolk, VA
	HSC-3	MH-60S	NAS North Island, CA
	HSM-40	MH-60R	NS Mayport, FL
	HSM-41	MH-60R	NAS North Island, CA
	VAQ-129	EA-18G Growler	NAS Whidbey Island, WA
	VAW-120	E-2C Hawkeye E-2D Advanced Hawkeye C-2A Greyhound	NAS Norfolk, VA
	VFA-101	F-35C Lightning II	Eglin Air Force Base, FL
	VFA-106	F/A-18C Hornet F/A-18E/F Super Hornet	NAS Oceana, VA
	VFA-122	F/A-18C Hornet F/A-18E/F Super Hornet	NAS Lemoore, CA
	VP-30	P-3C Orion EP-3E Aries II P-8A Poseidon	NAS Jacksonville, FL
	VQ-7	E-6B Mercury	Naval Air Facility Tinker AFB, OK

US Marine Corps

Logo	Squadron Name	Aircraft Trained	Station
	HMHT-302	CH-53 Super Stallion	MCAS New River, NC
	HMLAT-303	AH-1 SuperCobra UH-1 Huey	MCAS Camp Pendleton, CA
	HMMT-164	CH-46 Sea Knight	MCAS Camp Pendleton, CA
	VMMT-204	MV-22 Osprey	MCAS New River, NC
	VMAT-203	AV-8 Harrier II	MCAS Cherry Point, NC
	VMFAT-101	F/A-18 Hornet	MCAS Miramar, CA
	VMAQT-1	EA-6B Prowler	MCAS Cherry Point, NC
	VMFAT-501	F-35B Lightning II	MCAS Beaufort, SC

Inactive

Logo	Squadron Name	Aircraft Trained	Station
	RVAH-3 Deactivated	A-3 Skywarrior, A-5 Vigilante, RA-5C Vigilante	NAS Key West, FL
	VA-42 Disestablished	AD/A-1 Skyraider A-6 Intruder	NAS Oceana, Virginia
	VA-128 Converted to VAQ-128	A-6 Intruder	NAS Whidbey Island, WA
	VAH-123 Deactivated	A-3 Skywarrior	NAS Whidbey Island, WA
	VF-124 Deactivated	F-14 Tomcat	NAS Miramar, CA
	VFA-125 Merged with VFA-122	F/A-18 Hornet	NAS Lemoore, CA
	VP-31 Deactivated	P-3 Orion	NAS Moffett Field, CA
	VS-41 Deactivated	S-3 Viking	NAS North Island
	VAW-110 Deactivated	E-1 Tracer, E-2 Hawkeye	NAS Miramar, CA
	VMGRT-253 Deactivated	KC-130 Hercules	MCAS Cherry Point, NC

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aircraft of the United States Navy.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aircraft of the United States Marine Corps.

• List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
• List of inactive United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
• List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
• List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons

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