Training Squadron 27
VT-27 squadron insignia
Active	11 July 1951–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Role	Training

VT-27 is a primary training squadron of theUnited States Navy. One of just five Navy primary training squadrons, VT-27 is one of two located on theTexas Coastal Bend.

Training Squadron 27 was initially established on 11 July 1951 as Advanced Training Unit-B at Naval Air Station,Corpus Christi. The command moved to Naval Air Station,Kingsville in 1952 and again to Naval Air Station,New Iberia,Louisiana in 1960. It was there the squadron was redesignated VT-27 in July of that year and about that time that theGrumman S2F-1T Tracker was put into service as a multi-engine trainer. In September 1962 the1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system changed the Tracker's designation to TS-2A. In July 1964, the "Boomers" were returned to Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi where they continue to be an important part of the community.

In 1973, the squadron began a transition to the role of a primary training squadron with the arrival on 1 August of the firstT-28B Trojan. By 1 October 1973, the lastGrumman TS-2A Tracker had departed, signifying the end of the advanced training role and the completion of the transition to primary training. In August 1983, the squadron took delivery of the firstT-34C Turbo Mentor aircraft. From March 1984, when the last T-28B ever used for naval flight training departed, to June 2013, the T-34C was the mainstay of the Navy and Marine Corps primary flight training program. In June 2013 VT-27 transitioned from T-34C to theT-6B Texan II. The "Boomers" average well over 11,000 training missions a year, and more than 70 sorties per training day.^{[citation needed]}

• S2F-1T / TS-2A Tracker
• T-28B Trojan
• T-34C Turbo Mentor
• T-6B Texan II

• Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas
• Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas
• Naval Air Station New Iberia, Louisiana

• Training Air Wing Four, Corpus Christi, Texas

• History of the United States Navy
• List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
• List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons

• VT-27 U.S. Navy website

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