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Official VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks 2023 Cruise Patch — You Can’t Beat a Redcock
Seven months in the Western Pacific. The Fighting Redcocks brought the beef.
VFA-22 “Fighting Redcocks” is a Strike Fighter Squadron flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet out of NAS Lemoore, California, with callsign “Beef.” As part of Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) “Team Quicksand,” VFA-22 deployed from December 2022 through June 2023 aboard USS Nimitz for a 7-month Western Pacific deployment, operating in the Indo-Pacific and South China Sea in support of U.S. Seventh Fleet operations. Originally established as VF-63 in 1948, the Fighting Redcocks have flown 10 different airframes over 75+ years, from the F8F Bearcat to the F4U Corsair to the A-4 Skyhawk to today’s twin-seat Super Hornet. The squadron was the first west coast unit to employ the AGM-88 HARM and the first to deploy with the AIM-120 AMRAAM. This 2023 cruise patch commemorates another deployment where the Redcocks proved that their multirole capability — air superiority, precision strike, aerial refueling, and close air support — is as versatile as it gets.
Perfect For: VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks aircrew and veterans, CVW-17 Team Quicksand sailors, USS Nimitz 2022-2023 deployment personnel, F/A-18F Super Hornet community, NAS Lemoore squadrons, and anyone who has ever caught a Redcock on Cat 3.
VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks — you can’t beat ’em.
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