in 1948 on in 1950 prepare to launch from in 1958 VF-52 was the only Navy squadron equipped with the
TO-1 Shooting Star, a version of the Air Force's F-80C that was acquired to familiarise Navy pilots with jet aircraft due to delays in developing naval jets. VF-52 was assigned to
Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) on board the and was deployed to the Western Pacific and Korea from 1 May to 1 December 1950. VF-52 along with VF-51, where the first Navy jet squadrons to see combat. On 18 November 1950 VF-52 pilot LtCom William E. Lamb was credited with shooting down a
Korean People's Air Force MiG-15, this was the Navy's second jet vs jet kill. VF-52 served its second Korean War deployment assigned to Air Task Group 1 (ATG-1) aboard the from 15 Oct 1951 to 3 July 1952. VF-52 served its third Korean War deployment assigned to Air Task Group 1 (ATG-1) aboard the from 30 Mar 1953 to 28 Nov 1953. VF-52 embarked on the for a WestPac deployment as part of ATG1 from 1 Sep 1954 to 11 Apr 1955. VF-52 embarked on the for a Western Pacific deployment from 28 May to 20 December 1956. VF-52 embarked on the for a Western Pacific deployment from 4 October 1958 to 16 February 1959. ==Home port assignments==