Authentic US Navy Carrier Air Wing 11 Leather Patch – Officially Licensed

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Officially Licensed US Navy Carrier Air Wing CVW-11 Leather Patches — The Tip of the Spear Since 1942

Seven squadrons. One air wing. Every fight since the Solomons.

Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) is one of the most distinguished carrier air wings in U.S. Navy history, currently attached to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and based at NAS Lemoore, California. Commissioned on Navy Day 1942, CVW-11 conducted the first daylight raids during World War II’s Solomon Islands operations, earned the Presidential Unit Citation for actions over Leyte Gulf, Indochina, and Formosa, and was the first naval air wing to shoot down MiG jet fighters during the Korean conflict. In the modern era, CVW-11 deployed aboard USS Nimitz for Operation Iraqi Freedom as only the second air wing to deploy Super Hornets, and its 2005 deployment was depicted in the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary “Carrier.” This leather patch represents the air wing that ties together strike fighters, electronic attack, airborne early warning, and rotary wing assets into one unified fighting force.

Perfect For: CVW-11 aircrew and staff, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz veterans, NAS Lemoore squadrons, carrier air wing leadership, naval aviation leather patch collectors, and anyone who has launched off a CVW-11 deck.

CVW-11 — fighting as one since 1942.

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