hink441 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share #176 Posted November 16, 2017 Another eBay pickup. VAH-4 "Heavy Four" Heavy Four warhead to forehead in the skies over Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 17, 2017 Share #177 Posted November 17, 2017 Another eBay pickup. VAH-4 "Heavy Four" image.jpeg Nice pick up Hink, you beat me on that one..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 17, 2017 Share #178 Posted November 17, 2017 On 11/19/2016 at 5:28 AM, hink441 said: Here is a nice VRF-31 Storkliner patch. Ferry Squadron. image.jpeg Another VRF-31 Storkliner with tab One of the two USNR Aircraft Ferry squadrons 1 Dec 1943 - VRF-1 Established. 1 Sep 1948 - VRF-1 re-designated VR-31 15 Jul 1957 - VR-31 re-designated VRF-31 1 Oct 1986 - VRF-31 dis-established. .....and another one, red scarf version with parentheses (F) VRF-31 Aircraft Ferry Squadron Thirty One - The Storkliners - 1960's 4 1/2" “Fleet combat and support aircraft moved...anytime...anywhere...for no apparent reason!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 8, 2017 Share #179 Posted December 8, 2017 VR-54 Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Four the Revelers, New Orleans, LA This patch is from the first VR-54, which flew C-118 transport aircraft, commissioned on 01 October 1972. It was re-established in 1991 with a different official insignia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share #180 Posted December 13, 2017 A new salty pick-up!! Just the way I like them! Used and slightly abused veteran VP-16 patch on Velcro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 16, 2017 Share #181 Posted December 16, 2017 VAW-116 SUN KINGS Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 116 1980 Iranian Crisis Deployment VAW-116 transitioned to the E-2C and made a Western Pacific/Indian Ocean deployment from February 26, 1980 to October 15, 1980, aboard USS Constellation in support of Iranian Contingency Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 22, 2017 Share #182 Posted December 22, 2017 VS-916 Anti-Submarine Squadron (1958-1962) Another rare Cold War seabird, USNR Squadron based at Naval Air Station South Weymouth, MA. Large decal and patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 28, 2017 Share #183 Posted December 28, 2017 VA-165 BOOMERS Vietnam war Intruder Attack Squadron, Ace Novelty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share #184 Posted December 30, 2017 VAQ-140 Velcro used patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share #185 Posted January 8, 2018 Picked up this patch at the Raleigh Show. It is a huge VA-75 Sunday Puncher patch. It measures 10" x 7" and has had double-sided tape applied on the back side. I think these were made for the squadron decom ceremony in the late 1990s. Nice patch from the last A-6 squadron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share #186 Posted January 8, 2018 This is one of my favorites. An original vintage VA-12 Flying Ubangis "Kiss of Death" patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share #187 Posted January 8, 2018 This is a group of patches I picked up at the Raleigh show. The VP-5 CAC 6, HS-11, and the VRC-40 patches are on Velcro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 16, 2018 Share #188 Posted January 16, 2018 Here's an interesting one that requires more research VC-12 Dragons, Fleet Composite Squadron One Two. They're usually knows as the Omars (A4 Skyhawks http://a4skyhawk.info/article-unit/vc12), but at one time they were the Dragons. Anyone know when this was during their service history? The VP Navy site does list them as the Dragons, but gives no other detail as to when they were Drag-ons (towing targets) and when they became the Omars, either before or after their conversion to the first USNR Composite squadron. At one time they were also converted to a Carrier Early Warning squadron as noted on the VP site, then back to a composite squadron. This is their typical flying carpet patch we're more familiar with..... VC-12 FLYING OMARS Fleet Composite Squadron One Two, Ace Novelty 1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted January 16, 2018 Share #189 Posted January 16, 2018 Here's an interesting one that requires more research VC-12 Dragons, Fleet Composite Squadron One Two. They're usually knows as the Omars (A4 Skyhawks http://a4skyhawk.info/article-unit/vc12), but at one time they were the Dragons. Anyone know when this was during their service history? The VP Navy site does list them as the Dragons, but gives no other detail as to when they were Drag-ons (towing targets) and when they became the Omars, either before or after their conversion to the first USNR Composite squadron. At one time they were also converted to a Carrier Early Warning squadron as noted on the VP site, then back to a composite squadron. I wonder if it has something to do with their Adversary period? Looks their is a tail code, ‘JY’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 16, 2018 Share #190 Posted January 16, 2018 Got the answer from a member on the 'Can You ID' board as to the year but still not specific on the Squadron nickname Dragons..... QED4, on 16 Jan 2018 - 06:16 AM, said: On 1/16/2018 at 6:16 AM, QED4 said: The bird (Loon) shown on the patch is from the comic strip Shoe which began in 1977. Bingo! It was so familiar but I couldn't place it (even though I've read the strip now and then in years past) Although I can't find an example, It also explains the monogram initials on the Loon as depicted on the VC-12 patch. From the final appearance of The Loon..... Loon has been a beloved character in this strip since it began in 1977, right up until today, when he was abruptly and violently eaten by a shark. We can still see the lower half of his mangled body in the final panel, though that too will presumably soon vanish to the shark’s gullet. RIP LOON 1977-2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share #191 Posted January 16, 2018 Great looking patch. I was at Oceana from 1982-2001 and VC-12 was in the next door hangar. I always knew them as the Omars. VC-12 did a bunch of target banner towing duties for the fleet F-4 and F-14 squadrons at Oceana. I would think this patch is probably a local UN-official patch that was made to poke fun at the unglamorous and thankless job of a target tug. The "JY" tail-code is VC-12s tail code prior to being assigned to Reserve Air Wing 20. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted January 17, 2018 Share #192 Posted January 17, 2018 Got the answer from a member on the 'Can You ID' board as to the year but still not specific on the Squadron nickname Dragons..... QED4, on 16 Jan 2018 - 06:16 AM, said: Bingo! It was so familiar but I couldn't place it (even though I've read the strip now and then in years past) Although I can't find an example, It also explains the monogram initials on the Loon as depicted on the VC-12 patch. From the final appearance of The Loon..... Loon has been a beloved character in this strip since it began in 1977, right up until today, when he was abruptly and violently eaten by a shark. We can still see the lower half of his mangled body in the final panel, though that too will presumably soon vanish to the shark’s gullet. RIP LOON 1977-2015 I use to read that strip as well and it didnt click. Great ID Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 27, 2018 Share #193 Posted January 27, 2018 VR-62 NOMADS Fleet Logistics Support Squadron SIX TWO (FLELOGSUPPRON SIX TWO) USNR Now called the NOR'EASTERS, this is the 1980's patch when they were stationed at NAF DETROIT flying the McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share #194 Posted January 30, 2018 VP-50 and VF-41 both used and on Velcro. 1970s era VF-41 and VF-103 (F-4) used patches on Velcro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted January 31, 2018 Share #195 Posted January 31, 2018 Nice additions Hink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted February 9, 2018 Share #196 Posted February 9, 2018 A Japanese manufactured VA 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxboymike Posted February 16, 2018 Share #197 Posted February 16, 2018 VA-135 Ca 1961-1962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share #198 Posted February 17, 2018 Sweeeeeet VA-135 patch!!! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxboymike Posted February 17, 2018 Share #199 Posted February 17, 2018 VA-215 Barn Owls VS-20 early 50's VF-11 ca 1950 VF-21A ca1947-48 VF-10A ca 47-48 VF-4A ca 1947-48 VF-713 caKorean war early 50's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2018 Share #200 Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/17/2018 at 7:13 AM, bronxboymike said: resized_20180217_110906.jpg Bitchen patch Mike, as were the others you just posted FAIRECONRON TWO (VQ-2) BATMEN October 1973 Yom Kippur War snooper patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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