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Officially Licensed US Navy VS-29 Dragonfires legacy patch.
S-3 Vikings, Dragonfires up — North Island legacy, never disestablished in the heart.
Sea Control Squadron 29 (VS-29), the "Dragonfires," was a U.S. Navy carrier-based ASW/sea control squadron based at NAS North Island, California — and one of the most respected names in the West Coast S-3 Viking community. The squadron was commissioned as VS-29 on April 1, 1960 at NAS North Island flying the S-2 Tracker, was originally known as the "Tromboneers," briefly the "Screw Birds," and then the "Dragonfires" — the call sign that carried it through three decades of carrier deployments. VS-29 transitioned from the S-2 Tracker to the Lockheed S-3A Viking in 1976, becoming part of the airborne ASW backbone of the Pacific Fleet's carrier air wings throughout the late Cold War — hunting Soviet submarines from the flight decks of USS Kitty Hawk, Constellation, Nimitz, and John C. Stennis. After the S-3B upgrade, the Dragonfires deployed for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom — expanding their mission well past sea control into surface warfare, tanking, electronic warfare, and overland strike support. VS-29 was disestablished on March 26, 2004 as the Navy began winding down the S-3 community ahead of the Viking's full sundown in 2009. The Dragonfires name remains one of the most fiercely defended legacy patches in the Hoover community. This is that patch.
Perfect For: VS-29 Dragonfires plankowners and veterans, S-3 Viking and S-2 Tracker pilots, NFOs, and aircrew, NAS North Island heritage collectors, Pacific Fleet carrier ASW community members, S-3 "Hoover" legacy enthusiasts, and naval aviation history collectors.
VS-29 Dragonfires — S-3 Vikings legacy, 1960–2004.
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