Description

VAW-123 ScrewTops Surfer Patch

Aviators!  Enjoy this VAW-123 Screwtops Surfer patch!  It is a great creative patch to display and or wear!

• 4.0 inches
• Embroidered
• Hook and Loop
• US Naval Aviator Owned Business

Airborne Command and Control Squadron 123 (VAW-123) is based at Naval Station Norfolk, flying the E-2C Hawkeye. They are attached to Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) while deployed aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.[1] The squadron nickname is the Screwtops.

The history of VAW-123 begins in 1945 with the commissioning of Composite Squadron Twelve (VC-12), redesignated Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron Twelve (VAW-12), in 1956. On 1 April 1967, VAW-12 was disestablished and Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing Twelve