Description

VAQ-144 Main Battery Tail Flash Patch

Aviators!  Enjoy this embroidered VAQ-144 Main Battery Tail Flash Patch.  This is a great patch that you’ll love wearing.

• 4 inches
• Embroidered
• US Naval Aviator Owned Business

VAQ-144
VAQ-144 can trace its origins to the former Grumman A-6 Intruder squadron VA-196 formerly also based at NAS Whidbey Island that was disestablished in 1997 as the last operational A-6 squadron on the west coast

In September 2019 the Navy transitioned a Carrier Air Wing (CVW) VAQ squadron out of the carrier environment to meet demands as an expeditionary unit. The gap in CVW Electronic Attack coverage showed a need for a 15th operational VAQ squadron. VAQ-144 was established on 1 Oct 2021 to meet this demand with a requirement to meet scheduled milestones and achieve full operational capability in fiscal year 2023. In the spring of 2023 the squadron received its first independent aircraft flown with VAQ-144 markings