Official US Navy VAW-117 Lemur Friday Patch — Because Even Hawkeye Crews Need a Mascot
It's Friday. The eyes glow in the dark. The lemur approves.
VAW-117 "Wallbangers" flies the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye as part of Carrier Air Wing 9, providing airborne early warning and command and control from NAS Point Mugu and aboard USS Abraham Lincoln. This Lemur Friday patch is pure Wallbangers morale culture — a squadron tradition celebrating the end of the work week with their unofficial mascot, the lemur, whose glowing eyes on this patch capture the spirit of a community that spends its nights staring at radar screens in the dark. Established in 1974, the Wallbangers have deployed on carriers across the Pacific and Atlantic, provided critical battlespace management during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, and most recently defended the Abraham Lincoln strike group against Houthi drone and missile attacks during their 2024 deployment in the Red Sea. The squadron logged over 1,200 flight hours and 405 carrier arrested landings on that cruise alone. But even the hardest-working E-2 crews need a little fun — and Lemur Friday is how the Wallbangers let off steam.
Perfect For: VAW-117 Wallbangers personnel, E-2 Hawkeye community members who live for Friday, CVW-9 squadrons, morale patch collectors, and anyone whose favorite day of the week deserves glow-in-the-dark eyes.
Lemur Friday — because even the Navy's eyes in the sky need a day off.
