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Official VFA-146 Blue Diamonds Tail Flash Patch — Seven Decades of Cutting Diamonds at the Boat
Callsign: Diamond. Record: flawless.
VFA-146 was commissioned on February 1, 1956, at NAS Miramar as the Navy’s newest jet attack squadron, originally flying the F9F-8 Cougar. Over nearly seven decades, the Blue Diamonds have flown ten different airframes — from the Cougar and A-4 Skyhawk through six combat deployments in Vietnam, the A-7 Corsair II era, and into the F/A-18 Hornet family. The squadron was the first fleet squadron to receive the F/A-18C Night Strike Fighter and went on to rack up 22 consecutive years without a Class A mishap — over 92,000 flight hours of flawless safety. In combat, the Diamonds have delivered with a 95 percent weapons effectiveness rate and earned the Battle “E,” Presidential Unit Citation, and multiple maintenance excellence awards. Now flying F/A-18E Super Hornets with CVW-17 aboard USS Nimitz, VFA-146 remains one of the sharpest squadrons in the fleet. This tail flash patch carries that legacy.
Perfect For: VFA-146 alumni and active duty, Super Hornet pilots, CVW-17 members, and anyone who appreciates a squadron that’s been cutting diamonds since 1956.
Precision, safety, lethality — the Blue Diamonds don’t miss.
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