lands on c.1957 VX-3 was established by the merger of the assets of
VA-1L and
VF-1L and based at
NAS Atlantic City, its aircraft carried the tail code "XC". In late 1949 VX-3 received the
F6U Pirate which it operated for a short period before sending them into storage at
NAS Quonset Point. In March 1953 VX-3 began operational trials of
probe and drogue aerial refueling using
AJ-1 Savage bombers. In late 1954 VX-3 carrier-qualified the
F9F-8 Cougar aboard the . In August 1955 VX-3 F9F-8s successfully tested the first mirror landing system aboard . VX-3 received the first
F8U-1 Crusaders in December 1956 and conducted carrier qualifications of the Crusader aboard the in April 1957. During testing of the Crusader two aircraft and pilots were lost. On 6 June 1957 a VX-3 Crusader set a US coast to coast speed record of three hours and twenty-eight minutes, launching from on the West Coast and landing on on the East Coast. ==Notable former members==