Authentic US Navy VA-22 Fighting Redcocks Decal

Description

**Officially Licensed US Navy VA-22 Fighting Redcocks Sticker — Attack Squadron Vinyl Sticker**

VA-22 Fighting Redcocks — from Korean War Bearcats to A-7 Corsairs that helped sink an Iranian frigate in the Persian Gulf. One of the few Navy attack squadrons with a combat lineage stretching across five decades and still flying today as VFA-22.

VA-22 traces its roots to Fighter Squadron VF-63, established at NAS Norfolk on July 28, 1948, flying the F8F Bearcat. The squadron completed three Korean War combat deployments before being redesignated VA-63 in March 1956, then VA-22 on July 1, 1959. Flying A-4 Skyhawks and later A-7E Corsair IIs, the Fighting Redcocks completed six Vietnam War combat deployments and participated in Operation Pocket Money, the mining of North Vietnamese harbors. In the late 1970s and 1980s, VA-22 deployed with CVW-15 aboard USS Kitty Hawk, winning back-to-back Battle E awards and becoming the co-West Coast launch squadron for FLIR-equipped A-7Es. In April 1988, while aboard USS Enterprise in the Persian Gulf, VA-22 aircraft participated in sinking the Iranian frigate Sahand during Operation Praying Mantis. The squadron was redesignated VFA-22 on May 4, 1990, transitioning to F/A-18 Hornets and later F/A-18F Super Hornets — and continues flying today from NAS Lemoore.

• **Type:** 4″ vinyl die-cut sticker
• **Finish:** UV-protected, fade and tear resistant
• **Made:** 100% USA
• **Detail:** Full-color VA-22 Fighting Redcocks gamecock insignia
• **Application:** Laptops, water bottles, toolboxes, flight bags, crew rooms

**Perfect For:** VA-22/VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks veterans, A-7 Corsair II and A-4 Skyhawk enthusiasts, USS Enterprise and USS Kitty Hawk alumni, Vietnam and Persian Gulf War commemorators, and Navy attack aviation collectors.

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