During a 1949 reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve, a Fighter Squadron at NAS New York (believed to have been VF-718) was redesignated Fighter Squadron VF-831.

The squadron was redesignated as VF-153 on 4 February 1953, and finally as VA-153 on 15 December 1956.

The squadron's nickname was the Blue Tail Flies from 1953 onward.

[1] The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:[1] The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:[1] * While in a reserve status from September 1949 to January 1951, the squadron was most likely utilizing F6F pool aircraft assigned to NAS New York.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.