Station Memphis and were equipped with the F4U-4 Corsair. They were the first squadron in the newly formed Marine Air Reserve Training Command to reach full strength. The squadron was redesignated Marine Attack Squadron 124 (VMA-124) on May 1, 1965 and were subsequently equipped with the A-4 Skyhawk. During the 1970s and 1980s they flew various versions of the A-4 until 1994 when the squadron was moved to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth and redesignated Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 124 (VMFA-124). The squadron existed as a paper squadron only for two years while awaiting F/A-18 Hornets that would never materialize. The squadron existed on paper only until they were finally deactivated in 1999. Squadron aces The following members of VMF-124 were credited with at least 5 enemy aircraft shot down during World War II: William E. Crowe Howard J. Finn Wallace E. Sigler Kenneth A. Walsh See also United States Marine Corps Aviation List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons List of decommissioned United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons References Notes Bibliography Web USMC Fighting Squadrons: Cactus Squadrons: Guadalcanal, Aug. 1942 - February 1943 Marine Fighting VMF-124 and VMF-213 - History and photos of VMF-124 and VMF-213's service aboard the USS Essex (CV-9) 124 Inactive units of the United States Marine Corps