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Officially Licensed US Navy VS-29 Dragonfires AIRANTISUBRON 29 Patch — Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 29 / Sea Control Squadron 29 S-2 Tracker / S-3 Viking NAS North Island Heritage Patch
AIRANTISUBRON 29 — the Dragonfires' original calling card from the S-2 Tracker era.
Sea Control Squadron 29 (VS-29), the "Dragonfires," was a US Navy carrier-based anti-submarine and sea control squadron homeported at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. The squadron was originally commissioned as Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 29 (VS-29) — the AIRANTISUBRON callsign and abbreviation referenced on this patch — on April 1, 1960 at NAS North Island, flying the Grumman S2F-1 Tracker. Through the 1960s and early 1970s the Dragonfires operated the S-2E Tracker aboard ASW carriers including USS Hornet (CVS-12) and USS Yorktown (CVS-10), conducting Cold War anti-submarine warfare operations across the Western Pacific. In November 1976 the squadron transitioned to the Lockheed S-3A Viking — becoming an early West Coast S-3 squadron — and was redesignated Sea Control Squadron 29 (VS-29) in 1993 to reflect the Viking's expanded surface, ASW, and aerial refueling tanker mission set in the post-Cold War carrier air wing. VS-29 deployed continuously through the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s with multiple carrier air wings — including CVW-9, CVW-11, and CVW-14 — aboard USS Constellation, USS Nimitz, USS John C. Stennis, and USS Ronald Reagan, supporting Operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. The Dragonfires were ultimately disestablished on March 14, 2008 at NAS North Island as part of the Navy-wide retirement of the S-3 Viking from carrier service. This AIRANTISUBRON 29 heritage patch carries the squadron's earliest designation and the legacy of the S-2 Tracker era.
Perfect For: VS-29 Dragonfires veteran officers, sailors, and aircrew, S-2 Tracker and S-3 Viking pilots, naval flight officers, and sensor operators (SENSO/TACCO), NAS North Island and San Diego naval aviation alumni, CVW-9, CVW-11, and CVW-14 carrier air wing veterans, ASW carrier (CVS) era heritage enthusiasts, and Sea Control / VS community supporters.
AIRANTISUBRON 29 — the original Dragonfires.
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