VMFA-212 COMMANDING OFFICERS
AND AIRCRAFT


1961-Present

F4F-4 WILDCAT
(3/42-12/43)

F4U-1A/4/5/4B CORSAIR
(1/44-5/53)

AD-2/3/4/4B/6 SKYRAIDER
(6/53-6/58)

FJ-4B FURY
(6/58-1961)

Maj Harold W. Bauer 3/42-11/42 Maj Hugh M. Elwood 1/44-4/44 Maj Edward C. Kicklighter 6/53-6/53 LtCol Clarence H. Moore 8/57-6/59
Maj Frederick R. Payne, Jr. 11/42-2/43 Maj Wilbur A. Free 4/44-5/44 LtCol James R. Wallace 6/53-10/53 LtCol Robert J. Morrison 6/59-5/61
Capt Robert F. Stout 2/43-4/43 Maj Boyd C. McElhany, Jr. 5/44-11/44 LtCol Robert M. Patterson 10/53-1/54
Maj Richard D. Hughes 4/43-5/43 Maj Quinton R. Johns 11/44-4/45 LtCol John D. Noble 1/54-2/54
Maj Stewart B. O'Neill, Jr. 6/43-12/43 Maj John P. McMahon 4/45-10/45 LtCol Robert A. Merchant 3/54-6/54
Maj Roscoe M. Nelson 10/45-1/46 Maj Eugene J. Robinson 6/54-8/54
Capt Donald W. Meredith 1/46-1/46 LtCol Lee A. Christoffesen 8/54-10/54
Maj Roscoe M. Nelson 1/46-1/46 Maj Warren F. Nichols 10/54-2/56
Capt Jack Welisch
2/46-2/46
Maj John J. Rollins 2/56-9/56
Maj Samuel B. Folsom, Jr. 2/46-2/46 LtCol Charles E. Call 9/56-3/57
Capt Jack Welisch
2/46-5/46
Maj John J. Rollins 3/57-4/57
Capt Fred G. Shelfer 5/46-5/46 LtCol Charles E. Call 4/57-8/57
Capt Alfonse B. Sutton 5/46-8/46
Maj Robert C. Hammond, Jr. 8/46-3/48
LtCol Wyatt B. Carneal, Jr. 3/48-3/48
Maj Francis K. Coss 3/48-3/48
LtCol Wyatt B. Carneal, Jr. 3/48-8/48
Maj Francis K. Coss 8/48-10/48
Maj Robert A. Merchant 10/48-12/49
LtCol Morris E. Flater 12/49-6/50
LtCol Richard W. Wychawski 6/50-9/50
Maj Harold A. Eisele 9/50-11/50
LtCol Richard W. Wychawski 11/50-3/51
LtCol Claude H. Welch 3/51-8/51
LtCol Manual Brilliant 8/51-12/51
LtCol Joseph A. Gray 12/51-2/52
LtCol Robert L. Bryson
LtCol Graham H. Benson 6/52-8/52
LtCol Maurice W. Fletcher 8/52-10/52
LtCol Charles E. Dobson, Jr. 10/52-12/52
LtCol Barnett Robinson 1/53-2/53
LtCol Louis R. Smunk 2/53-5/53

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A-4B SKYHAWK
(1961-1963)

F-8B/E/D CRUSADER
(1963-1968)

F-4J/S PHANTOM
(1968-1989)

F/A-18C HORNET
(1989-PRESENT)

LtCol John Lownman, Jr. 6/61-7/62 LtCol John J. Leogue 9/63-7/64 LtCol Thomas F. Rochford 4/68-9/68 LtCol David J. McCarty 12/88-6/90
LtCol Edward N. LeFaivre 7/62-7/63 LtCol Charles H. Ludden 7/64-9/65 LtCol Billy D. Fritsch 9/68-7/69 LtCol James M. Collins II 6/90-8/92
Maj Gordon K. Jackson 7/63-9/63 Maj Edward J. Rutty 9/65-10/65 LtCol Harry H. Ziegler, Jr. 8/69-7/70 LtCol Timothy F. Ghormley 8/92-2/94
LtCol Charles H. Ludden 10/65-1/66 LtCol Jacob W. Moore 7/70-6/71 LtCol Patrick S. Bole 2/94-8/95
LtCol Charles M. Wallace, Jr. 2/66-3/67 LtCol Richard D. Revie 6/71-6/73 LtCol Robert J. Kennedy 8/95-2/97
LtCol Ira L. Morgan, Jr. 3/67-3/68 LtCol Robert L. Sereddo 6/73-11/74 LtCol William F. Guilfoyle 2/97-12/98
LtCol Thomas F. Rochford 4/68-9/68 LtCol John F. McNelly 11/74-6/76 LtCol R. A. Wilkins 12/98-Present
LtCol Ronald C. Andreas 6/76-6/77
LtCol Philip R. Kruse 6/77-6/78
LtCol Jefferson D. Howell, Jr. 6/78-6/80
LtCol Thomas M. Conley 6/80-3/82
LtCol John A. Morrison 3/82-7/84
LtCol J.J. Barta
7/84-1/85
LtCol Joseph A. Mitchell, Jr. 1/85-6/86
LtCol Melford M. Johnson 6/86-10/87
LtCol Micheal J. Soniak 10/87-12/88


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