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Official Carrier Air Wing CVW-5 Badmen Tip of the Spear Patch — US Navy Carrier Air Wing Embroidered Patch
Team Badman — Carrier Air Wing Five
Forward-deployed in the Pacific, CVW-5 is the carrier air wing that’s always closest to the fight. The Badmen don’t rotate — they live on the tip of the spear.
Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) is the U.S. Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed carrier air wing, based at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, with elements at NAF Atsugi. Assigned to Carrier Strike Group 5 aboard USS Ronald Reagan and now USS George Washington, CVW-5 maintains a constant state of combat readiness in the Western Pacific — the most strategically contested maritime theater in the world. The “Team Badman” identity reflects the air wing’s aggressive, mission-first culture and its unique position as the Navy’s always-ready Pacific strike force. CVW-5’s squadrons conduct the full spectrum of carrier air operations: air superiority, strike warfare, electronic attack, airborne early warning, and anti-submarine warfare.
Perfect For: CVW-5 personnel past and present, MCAS Iwakuni and NAF Atsugi aviation community members, forward-deployed Pacific Fleet aviators, and Navy carrier air wing patch collectors.
Team Badman. Tip of the spear. Always forward.
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