A Photographic History of NAF and VX-5 at NOTS China Lake

A Photographic History of NAF & VX-5 at NOTS China Lake. Last updated 19 February, 2019

Photos '42~'76

Photos '77~'17

This site is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the photographic history of all things related to Naval Aviation at China Lake, CA. Although my particular interest is NAF and VX-5 through 1976, photos, TINS tales, aircraft histories and/or patches from HEDRON 14, AODU 1, GMU-25, GMU-61, MCGMTU, MAD, NOTS Inyokern, NAF China Lake, VX-5, or their successor units NWC, NAWC, NAWCWD, NAWS, Dust Devils, VX-9, VX-31 etc. from any era are always welcome. Please drop me a line if you can date any of these photos or identify the BuNo, project, location etc.

01 Nov 1943 - 01 Jul 1967	01 Jul 1967 - 22 Jan 1992	22 Jan 1992 -
NOTS Chronology	Naval Weapons Center	NAWCWPNS	NAWCWD
10 May 1944 - 01 Dec 1976	01 Dec 1976-08 May 1995	08 May 1995-01 May 2002	01 May 2002-
NAF Chronology	NWC Aircraft Department	NWTS	VX-31 Dust Devils
original	July 1956-June 1993	June 1993-
VX-5 Chronology	VX-5 Vampires	VX-9 Vampires
1955-1962	1953-1959	1956-1959	11 Mar 1987-
GMU-25	GMU-61	MCGMTU	MAD

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Thanks to all who have contributed photos &/or information - g verver