 VFP-62 was established in January 1949 as Composite Squadron SIX TWO (VC-62), nicknamed the "Fighting Photos", and was equipped with Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat and Vought F4U-5P Corsair fighter aircraft converted to reconnaissance platforms.The first VC-62 detachment was assigned to Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the aircraft carrier from September 1949 to January 1950 for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.Detachments of the squadron operated from all Atlantic Fleet attack aircraft carriers based on the U.S. east coast.