VA-133 (U.S. Navy)

VA-133 was a short-lived Attack Squadron of the United States Navy, nicknamed the Blue Knights. It was established on 21 August 1961 and disestablished a year later, on 1 October 1962. It was based at NAS Cecil Field and flew A4D-2 Skyhawk aircraft.

Operational history

• August 1961: The squadron was established as part of a new Air Group to increase the strength of the fleet as a result of the Berlin Crisis of 1961.
• 8–19 February 1962: A squadron detachment was aboard for carrier trials and in a standby status for possible assistance during Project Mercury, the launching of Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, USMC, in Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7.
• March–May 1962: The squadron participated in Constellations shakedown cruise in the Caribbean.