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Official VFA-22 2023 Cruise Patch - Strike Fighter Squadron 22 (VFA-22) Fighting Redcocks F/A-18F Super Hornet Embroidered Cruise Patch, commemorating the 2022-2023 Western Pacific deployment aboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with Carrier Air Wing 17.
Fighting Redcocks pride, Indo-Pacific presence, and carrier strike group identity stitched into one official cruise piece.
VFA-22 was established as Fighter Squadron 63 at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, in July 1948 and redesignated Strike Fighter Squadron 22 on 4 May 1990, accumulating more than seven decades of naval aviation history across ten airframes and combat operations from Korea to the Arabian Gulf. Today the Fighting Redcocks fly the twin-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet out of NAS Lemoore, California, as part of Carrier Air Wing 17, and serve as the air wing's primary aerial refueling squadron while maintaining the full spectrum of strike fighter capabilities including air superiority, close air support, precision strike, and reconnaissance. The 2023 cruise patch marks the squadron's nearly seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific aboard USS Nimitz, during which CVW-17 operated under U.S. Seventh Fleet to defend American, allied, and partner interests across the Indo-Pacific area of operations, returning home to NAS Lemoore in late June 2023. That specific deployment context gives this 4-by-6-inch embroidered patch a clear date, ship, and theater identity that separates it from generic squadron insignia and makes it a precise record of one cruise in the Fighting Redcocks' long operational story.
Perfect for Navy strike fighter veterans, VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks alumni, F/A-18F Super Hornet aircrew and maintainers, CVW-17 and USS Nimitz deployment veterans, NAS Lemoore community members, naval aviation collectors, cruise book displays, shadow boxes, patch panels, gear bags, and anyone building a unit-history collection around Indo-Pacific carrier operations, Western Pacific deployments, or the broader Carrier Air Wing 17 story. It also makes a meaningful gift for families and supporters who want a dated, ship-specific piece that honors the sailors and aviators who kept the Fighting Redcocks mission-ready across seven months at sea.
Fighting Redcocks heritage, one cruise, one ship, one embroidered record of the mission.
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