Official Vaq-136 Ironclaw Gauntlets 50th Anniversary Shoulder Patch

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Official VAQ-136 Gauntlets 50th Anniversary Ironclaw Shoulder Patch — Five Decades of Electronic Warfare Excellence

Fifty years of throwing down the Gauntlet — and the electronic warfare community is stronger for it.

Electronic Attack Squadron 136, the Gauntlets, celebrated their 50th anniversary with this Ironclaw shoulder patch marking half a century of electronic warfare operations. VAQ-136 flew the EA-18G Growler and its predecessors, providing suppression of enemy air defenses and electronic attack capability to carrier strike groups across the Pacific. The Gauntlets’ five-decade legacy includes combat deployments, peacetime deterrence operations, and the constant evolution of electronic warfare tactics that have kept the Navy’s adversaries guessing.

Perfect For: VAQ-136 veterans, Gauntlets alumni, electronic warfare community members, and anniversary patch collectors.

Fifty years of electronic warfare — the Gauntlets threw down and never picked up.

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