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| | Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-232 [VMFA-232] |
 | | In 1954, homeport for 232 was changed from MCAS, El Toro, to MCAS, Kaneohe Bay, Territory of Hawaii, where they flew the FJ-2 Fury, the "Navalized" version of the F-86 Sabre. |
 | | VMF 232 was deployed to Westpac on the USS Bennington during the Quemoy Matsu Crisis in the fall of 1958 and hours was stationed at NAS Atsugi. |
 | | The squadron was then redesignated as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, and relocated, along with with VMFA 334, to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, as a MIG alert squadron. |
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