Why is fleet air reconnaissance referred to as VQ?

March 10, 2010 12:00 AM

I have a friend in the U.S. Navy who mentioned something called VQ. I asked him what this stood for, and he said it was "fleet air reconnaissance." But neither of us are sure where the VQ bit came from. Can anyone explain this? Is it an acronym of some kind? How did that name (VQ) come about?
posted by ZeroDivides to Law & Government (2 answers total)

Best answer: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/squades.htm
posted by Venadium at 12:18 AM on March 10, 2010

Response by poster: Fabulous, thank you!
posted by ZeroDivides at 12:24 AM on March 10, 2010