Official Carrier Air Wing CVW-5 Remove Before Flight Key Ring — Carrier Air Wing Five Remove Before Flight Keychain
Remove Before Flight — CVW-5's iconic Team Badman key ring, carrying the legacy of the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed carrier air wing on your keys.
Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) is the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed carrier air wing, embarked aboard USS George Washington (CVN-73) and based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan (with squadrons transitioning to Iwakuni). CVW-5 is part of Carrier Strike Group 5 (CSG-5) and is the tip of the spear for American naval aviation power in the Western Pacific. The air wing's "Team Badman" identity reflects the collective esprit de corps of its diverse squadrons.
CVW-5's composition includes some of the Navy's most capable squadrons: VFA-27 "Royal Maces," VFA-102 "Diamondbacks," VFA-195 "Dambusters," and VFA-147 "Argonauts" flying the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet; VAQ-141 "Shadowhawks" in the EA-18G Growler; VAW-125 "Tigertails" in the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye; HSC-12 "Golden Falcons" in the MH-60S Seahawk; HSM-77 "Saberhawks" in the MH-60R Seahawk; and VRM-30 Detachment providing C-2A Greyhound logistics support. Together, these squadrons carry the tail code "NF" and provide the full spectrum of naval aviation capability.
The "Remove Before Flight" key ring is an aviation tradition — modeled after the red safety streamers attached to aircraft pitot tubes, weapons pylons, and control surface locks that must be removed before flight. This CVW-5 edition transforms that iconic safety device into a daily carry item that represents service with the Navy's most forward-deployed air wing.
Perfect For: CVW-5 aircrew and maintainers, all CVW-5 squadron members, CSG-5 personnel, USS George Washington crew, MCAS Iwakuni and NAF Atsugi community, and naval aviation keychain collectors.
CVW-5 Team Badman — Remove Before Flight — carrying the forward-deployed air wing's legacy wherever you go.
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