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VADER NASOC Sierra Vista Shoulder Patch - CBP Air and Marine Operations National Air Security Operations Center Sierra Vista, VADER MQ-9 Configuration PVC Shoulder Patch.
Eyes on the border, data on the move — the VADER sensor mission over the southern desert in one durable PVC patch.
The National Air Security Operations Center at Sierra Vista, operating from Libby Army Airfield at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, stands as CBP's first operational UAS site, established in 2005. NASOC-SV flies the MQ-9 Predator B as a national strategic asset, conducting persistent surveillance along the U.S. southern border in coordination with Joint Task Force West and the broader DHS Southern Border and Approaches Campaign. Among its most specialized mission configurations is the Northrop Grumman Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar, known as VADER, which streams real-time radar data on vehicles and personnel to interdiction assets on the ground and at sea. That sensor capability gives NASOC-SV operators a distinct operational identity within CBP Air and Marine Operations, and this shoulder patch captures that identity in a field-ready PVC format built to hold up on gear, flight suits, range bags, and display boards. Fort Huachuca's electromagnetic-quiet high desert environment and restricted airspace make it one of the most capable UAS operating locations in the country, and the crews, sensor operators, and support personnel who work the VADER mission carry a story that goes well beyond a generic border patrol patch.
Perfect For: CBP Air and Marine Operations veterans, NASOC-SV crew members and sensor operators, MQ-9 Predator B ground control station personnel, UAS community collectors, Fort Huachuca and Sierra Vista alumni, DHS and border security supporters, patch panel and shadow box displays, reunion keepsakes, and anyone building a collection around the real-world UAS surveillance and interdiction mission along the U.S. southern border.
VADER mission heritage, stitched in PVC for the operators who kept watch over the desert.
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