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Official VFA-106 Gladiators Key West Det Patch — US Navy Strike Fighter Squadron Detachment Embroidered Patch
Key West det — where Gladiator students learn to fight in the most contested airspace training range on the East Coast.
VFA-106 “Gladiators” is the U.S. Navy’s East Coast F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron, based at NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach. VFA-106 trains all East Coast F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler pilots and weapons systems officers before they report to fleet squadrons. The Key West Detachment operates out of NAS Key West, Florida — home to some of the best air combat maneuvering training ranges in the Navy. The Key West det gives student aviators access to unrestricted over-water training areas where they can push the aircraft and themselves to tactical limits that are impossible to replicate at Oceana. Graduating from the Key West phase means a student is ready for the fleet.
Perfect For:
VFA-106 Gladiators alumni, F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler student aviators, NAS Key West and NAS Oceana personnel, Navy FRS instructors, and USN strike fighter patch collectors.
Gladiators. Key West. Ready for the fleet.
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