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Helicopter & Light Attack Squadrons
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Helicopter(H) & Light Attack(VAL) Squadrons
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Rotary (H) Squadrons/Wings
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Navy Helicopter Squadron designators are sometimes confusing
see this page for help: http://www.navysite.de/terms-squads.htm
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HU-1's 1952 Korean Combat Cruise onboard USS Kearsarge (CV-33)
HU-1 Korean War era "Detachment" style "Bird with Rickshaw" design
 made in Japan, RFU Cruise Jacket, Used......(sold)
Japanese characters on the ends of the arc read:
Left side.........."NIHON" = Japan
Right side(may be Katakana)....."KO RI _"
Bottom character cannot be read...could be an "A" = (Korea?) or could be a "N" = (Colin?)
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HC-1 DET-4 "Pacific Fleet Angels"
CVW-15's Cruise onboard USS Coral Sea (CV-43) circa 1977 flying SH-3Gs
 5" (vertical) patch made in PI, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed.....(sold)
( several patches (see list below) from this Aviator's Grouping are listed on this site )
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partial History for the Cruise of 1977
CV-15's WESTPAC Cruise from February 15, 1977 to October 5, 1977 onboard the USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) with these Squadrons:
VF-191 (*) Satan's Kittens............F-4J........listed
VF-194 (*) Red Lightnings...........F-4J........listed
VA-22 Fighting Redcocks...........A-7E........listed
VA-94 Shrikes...........A-7E........listed
VA-95 Green Lizards...........A-6E/KA-6D........listed
VAW-114 Hormel Hogs...........E-2B........listed
VFP-63 DET-3 Eyes of the Fleet...........RF-8G........listed
HC-1 DET-4 Pacific Fleet Angels...........SH-3G........listed
VQ-1 Detachment World Watchers...........EA-3B
(*) disestablished March 1, 1978
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HC-1
  HC-1 "RESCUE" Detachment TWO, (Older DET-2 patch), Asian made, UnUsed..........inquire
HSWING ONE, UnUsed.............inquire
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DET-6 HU-1
 HU-1 UNIT 6 (DET-6) U. S. S. ROCCHESTER (CA-124), 6.5"Japan made, "JAPAN-OKINAWA-FORMOSA-HONG KONG VIETNAM-IWO JIMA-PHILIPPINES", "Com. 7th Fleet", "57 58" (1957-1958 cruise), "UP 8", RARE Patch......(Sold)
HS-1, cheesecloth back, older twill patch, removed from G-1 Jacket, stains, Used.....inquire
HC-1 DET-4, Japan made, UnUsed...(sold)
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Helicopter Combat Support Squadron ONE
  HC-1, Detachment 5, CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) "Anywhere Anytime" Japan made, UnUsed.....inquire
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HC-1 DET-6 Local Made Tape
 Removed from shirt, high-quality Asian made, circa 1969-72, Used......inquire
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HC-1
"HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT SCHOOL"
  HELSUPPRON One, Japan made, UnUsed................inquire
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HC-1 and HS-3
 HC-1, 5 3/8" Japan made, UnUsed..........inquire
HS-3 "TRIDENTS", ASW unit, gauze backing, blemished on right-side, looks UnUsed(?).......inquire
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HC-2
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DELTA DET-60, 1970 Mediterranean Cruise onboard USS Saratoga
  Detachment-60, made in Japan, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed......(sold)
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USS Nimitz Maiden Cruise Patch - RARE
KITD = Kept in the Dark
FOBS = Fed on Bull Sh.t
 HC-2 DET-2 "AIRCREW", USS Nimitz (CVN-68), 1976-77 1st cruise, 5" at widest point, UnUsed..(sold)
Helicopter Squadron, Combat Support, Two, Detachment Two
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partial History
HU-2 Redesignated Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC-2) in July 1965 flying UH-2 Seasprites
An HC-2 detachment onboard carriers provided: SAR, plane guard and logistic support for Carrier Battle Groups in SEA (Southeast Asia)
HC-2 transitioned to 20 x SH-3G Sea Kings in 1972; Disestablished September 30, 1977
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HS-2
  HS-2 ("HELASRON 2"), 1958-59 era, Japan made, UnUsed........inquire
( Date for this patch is firm as I have the mate which was the 1958-59 Cruise on USS Yorktown(CVS-10) )
( This Unit is now known as the "Golden Falcons"; must have been the "Black Falcons" in the 1950s )
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1961 - 1962 Era
HS-2 was part of a CVSG-57 (Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group -57) cruise in 1961-62 on USS Hornet (CVS-12)
  Large "HELASRON TWO" Japan made, part of a Hunter-Killer(HUK) Team on the Hornet, UnUsed.......inquire
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HC-3
 HC-3 "HELSUPPRON 3", Japan made, UnUsed..........inquire
HC-3 "PACK RATS", PI made(?), UnUsed..........inquire
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HC-3, DET-104, circa 1970 in Cam Ranh Bay, RVN
'KNIGHTS IN GREEN ARMOR"
"ALFA OMEGA VIET NAM CAMBODIA '70 WE DELIVER"
  "HC-3 DET-104 NAF Cam Ranh DET Tan Son Nhut", made in Vietnam, UnUsed......inquire
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HC-3, DET-104, in Japan circa 1975
"287 Missions over Japan & I came back"
  Made in Japan, Helicopter Support Squadron-3, UnUsed.......inquire
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HC-4
Helicopter Combat Support Squadron FOUR
 HC-4 "COMBAT SUPPORT", Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Four, circa mid to late 1960s, UnUsed........inquire
HS-8s "HELANTISUBRON EIGHT", foreign made(?), UnUsed......inquire
 HC-4 partial History
Squadron commissioned in July 1965
Decommissioned/Redesignated HSL-30, circa 1973-74
see below for the re-surrected, modern, HC-4 "Black Stallions"
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HELSUPPRON FOUR
Rare Plank Owner patch
  HC-4 "PLANK Owner", circa May of 1983, UnUsed.......inquire
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HC-4 partial History (Modern)
Prelude to the event:
In 1977 4 x RH-53D helicopters were assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron TWENTY-FOUR (VR-24)
This Vertical Onboard Delivery ("VOD Squad") of VR-24 demonstrated a Heavy Lift never seen in the MED
The "VOD Squad" service ended in 1983 when their aircraft was given to the Airborne Mine Countermeasures Community
the Event
On May 6, 1983, HC-4 was established as the Navy's first Heavy Lift HELSUPPRON flying Sikorsky CH-53E "Super Stallions"
CDR R.A. McDaniels (former VR-24 pilot) commanded the new HC-4 as a "HC-4 Plankowner"
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HS-4
1st Design
  Japan made, UnUsed.......inquire
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Black Knights
  PI made "Black Knights", UnUsed.......inquiire
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HC-5
Providers
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HC-5 DET-2 "ALWAYS IN THE DARK"
  PolyTwill with PELON backing, made in Korea, UnUsed.....inquire
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DET-4 CLUB BOHICA
 "BOHICA CHA" "CAMEL HUNTERS ASSOCIATION" "IRAQ KUWAIT INCIDENT 1990", UnUsed.......inquire
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HELSUPPRON Five
made before Mount Pinatubo shut the Bases down in mid-1991
 made in the PI, RFU, Used......inquire
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partial History
Established on Guam in 1984; Redesignated HSC-25 in 2005
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HS-5
HS-8
 HS-5 "HELANTISUBRON FIVE", First Design, UnUsed.........inquire
HS-8, Japan made, UnUsed........inquire
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Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron SEVEN (HS-7), 1st Design
mid-1950s Design
  Anti-Submarine Helicopter Squadron Seven, 5 3/8", Original Design, red rubber scrapbook-glue on back can be removed by your thumbnail, border is fraying, Used.......inquire
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partial History
Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron SEVEN was originally established in April 1956 at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA.
Initially served as Harbor Defense; later given ASW duties for the fleet serving aboard USS VALLEY FORGE (CVS-45) flying Sikorsky HSS-1s.
Disestablished May 31, 1966; ReCommissioned December 15, 1969 at NAS Quonset Point, RI and the First pattern Insignia was redesigned.
Saw Duty in SEA and the MED; served in CVW-3; Relocated to NASJacksonville, FL; received SH-3Hs.
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HS-9
 HS-9 "SEA GRIFFINS", Anti-Submarine", Japan made, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed............inquire
HS-9, gauze backing material, UnUsed.....inquire
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HC-11
 HC-11 DET-2 "USS SACRAMENTO WE LOVE TO FLY AND IT SHOWS DELTA DAWGS", PI Made, UnUsed......inquire
HC-11 DET-5 "LOONY TUNES PRESENTS DET 5" July to December 1976, "A GRIM PRODUCTION", UnUsed......inquire
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HS-11
 HS-11 (ASW), 5" ACE Novelty made, UnUsed..........inquire
HS-11 (Anti-Submarine), Japan made, UnUsed.........inquire
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HM-12
 HM-12 "HELMINERON TWELVE", 5.5" Japan made, UnUsed............inquire
HM-12 "VOD DET HAULIN' HAWGS", gauze backing, UnUsed.........inquire
(VOD = Vertical Onboard Delivery, Sea DET flying CH-53Es, circa 1983-87)
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HS-13
"SUB-CHOPPERS"
  Helicopter Squadron-13, UnUsed......inquire
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partial History
HS-13 established August 25, 1961; disestablished in October 1962
Squadron was stationed at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island
Squadron flew Sikorsky HSS-1 ("Hiss One") & HSS-1N ("Hiss One N")
(The HSS-1N (Night model) had Doppler RADAR on the underside to hold it at a set level above the water)
( I think these were called Choctaws by the Army (?) )
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partial History from a Veteran of the Squadron:
".......I am a plank owner of HS-13 which was commisioned in August of 1961 with one officer,
and if I remember correctly, about 10 enlisted men. I was trained in communications so the Squadron CO
assigned me as communications officer to set up the Communications Department.
At the time I was an AN with my 3rd class pending so I was senior enlisted man.
I finally worked for the Operations Department taking care of communications as an AT3
with 4 non-rated men under me and 23 officers over me.
......Our squardon colors were Baby Blue so the tail of the helos were painted light blue.......
During the time the squardon was active we got an assignment to take a scientist out to find whales
and harpoon one with a radio transmitter. One was found and the radio attached.
I still remember what the pilot wrote on the Operations Mission board, "gone fishing".
I think about June 1962 we got orders to get ready to go overseas on the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39.
I asked the officer in charge if I was going with the Squadron or would I be left behind to be discharged.
He said I was going and they would fly me back for discharge; well, none of us went.
........I am not sure that HS-13 got the support it needed to continue to fly..........one time I was told we were out of gas
and did not have the money to buy more until the next month..........
I remember helping HS-11 take their helos aboard the USS Lake Champlain as it sat at the pier.
In about July of 1962 they started shuting HS-13 down. In August 1962 I was discharged from the Navy from what was left of HS-13, about 7 people, and most of them were there only to discharge us. I may have been the last one to be discharged. Everyone else that was left was going to be transferred.
I would think that there are not too many people that put a squardon into commision and then took it out the next year.
Before assignment to HS-13, I was aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in WESTPAC.
I had a patch that looked like this one(shown above) except it had "plank owner" on it."
( you may contact the Veteran at: degreen60@hotmail.com )
( I have taken the liberty to: delete, rearrange, & add certain parts to the above text )
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HS-15
  HELANTISUBRON FIFTEEN, PI made, Unused.......inquire
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HSC-26 DET-II
This may be DET-11 vice the DET-2 on the patch?
 USS Saipan, "EURO TRIP 2000", "Toucan Do It", UnUsed........inquire
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HSL-32 DET-5 onboard the USS Pharris (FF-1094)
MID EAST Cruise of 1976-77
I didn't see this patch on two of the larger USN sites = might be uncommon
  Unused......inquire
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partial History
Commissioned 1974 - DeCommissioned 1992
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HSL-33
HSL-35
 HSL-33 "HELANTISUBRON(L) THIRTY-THREE", gauze backing, UnUsed.......inquire
HSL-35 "HELANTISUBRON-L-35", Used.......inquire
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HSL-42
 HSL-42 "HELANTISUBRON LIGHT FOUR TWO" "PROUD WARRIORS", 1st Pattern(?), UnUsed.......inquire
( Insignia is now an Indian in War Bonnet, "Proud Warriors" motto still used )
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HSL-45 DET-5
 Large HSL-45, DET-5 "WESTPAC" "AMERICA'S AMBASSADORS" "HITTIN' IT 2000", minor puckering on the border, UnUsed.....inquire
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HSL-47 DET IC (or 1C)
 dated 1989-1990, UnUsed.....(sold)
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HSL-49 DET-2
 WESTPAC 2003, West Coast Choppers, USS Rodney M. Davis, UnUsed......inquire
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HSL-51, NAF Atsugi, Japan - Novelty Blood Chit
"WARLORDS"
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Some creative license has been taken with the Translation of English into Japanese and now translated back into English:
I am a fearless Samurai (Warlord), Master of the Sky.
No enemy is safe from me and my Helicopter.
( "Ore to ore no heli ni wa ki o tsukena" actually means "be aware/careful of/avoid me and my helicopter" )
But my friendship is yours for the price of a beer.
And when it is time to part as friends, please take me back to Atsugi Base.
  circa early-1990s, UnUsed.....inquire
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partial History
Established October 1, 1991 at Atsugi NAF, Japan
SH-60B Seahawks equipped with the LAMPS MK III (2nd generation LAMPS) system introduced in 1984 utilizing the Sikorsky SH60-B Seahawk helicopter.
LAMPS MK III SH-60Bs provides a platform for detection of submarines using RADAR and Electronic Support Measures; plus delivery of MK-46/50 Torpedoes, AGM-119B Penguin and AGM-114B/K Hellfire missiles.
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Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 74
HELANTISUBRON 74 (HS-74)
"IN OMNIA PARATUS"
 UnUsed.....inquire
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partial History
HS-74 Established June 1, 1970
HS-74 Redesignated HSL-74 January 1, 1985
HSL-74 Disestablished on April 1, 1994
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Helicopter Utility Squadron 734 (HU-734)
Reserve Squadron, probably from the Western New York/Buffalo/Niagara Falls area
 Large patch, UnUsed.....inquire
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Modern HSL Squadrons SPECIAL SECTION
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All Modern HSL patches LISTED BELOW, in this section, are $30.00 each
 HSL-32
HSL-32 DET-5 USS CAPODANNO COUNTGER DRUG OPS 92
HSL-32 DET ZULU GROUND POUNDERS
 HSL-33 DET 5 FLYIN HIGH 91 92 DRUG BUSTIN
HSL-32 DET 8 USS TRUETT FF-1095 HELL ANIN'T A BAD PLACE TO BE MED-RED 3-91 WICKED WANDA
HSL-33
 HSL-35 DET-9 USS ELMER MONTGOMERY FF-1082 HOT SHOTS RIDIN IT IN MED 3-90
HSL-37 DET-6 USS CHOSIN WESTPAC 95-1 DON'T FLY ANGRY! ANOTHER DAY ON GROUNDHOG STA
HSL-42.............(sold)
 HSL-44 DET-7 USS S.W. GROVES FFG-29 SEVEN THE HARD WAY MED 2-92
HSL-45 DET-4 MAC AIR CLUB MEF 87-88
HSL-46 WORLD WIDE TERRORIST HUNTING PERMIT 2001 - 2050 PERMIT NO. 91 101 NO BAG LIMIT-TAGGING NOT REQUIRED
 HSL-46 DET-9 USS MONTEREY ROUGHRIDERS MED 1-92 ...NO RIDE TOO ROUNG
HSL-47 SABERHAWKS
 HSL-49 SCORPIONS
HSL-94 TITANS
All Modern HSL patches LISTED ABOVE, in this section, are $30.00 each
Modern HSL Squadrons SPECIAL SECTION
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Light Attack Squadrons
( HAL & VAL )
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Light Attack Squadron-3 (HAL-3)
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HAL-3 DET II - FIRE TEAM "RUNG SAT RIPPERS"
"NAVY" on the tail boom of the HUEY
  Navy Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light), "SAT CONG", made in Vietnam, puckered on the right border (common for Viet machine made patches), UnUsed.....inquire
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HAL-3, DET-9 - Huey Gunship Squadron
  Helicopter Attack Light Squadron Three, Detachment Nine, Large Japan made, UnUsed......inquire
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HAL-3 Veteran's Rank
 Came with a HAL-3 patch, RFU, Used......inquire
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Vintage HAL-3 Patches Needed
  DET-4 "Rowell's Rats" DET-8
( If you have an extra VINTAGE insigna similar to either patch, contact Jack@LJMilitaria.com )
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Light Attack Squadron FOUR (VAL-4)
LIGHTATKRON FOUR, "BLACK PONIES"
  made in Vietnam, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed......inquire
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VAL-4
Early "Black Ponies", circa 1969 to July 1971 in Vietnam
VAL-4's callsign was "Black Pony(ies)"
( 1st Patch design featured a "Yellow Jacket", see history below )
 Large Light Attack Squadron Four, Taiwan made, Superb Black Pony Novelty patch, does not lay flat (typical of Taiwan patches in the late-60 to early-70s), backing paper from a CHINAT newspaper, UnUsed.......inquire
( looks like a "Big ..ddy Rot." character )
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partial History
VAL-4 commissioned January 3 1969 flying Rockwell OV-10A Broncos NAS North Island.
The Squadron moved to Vietnam and established 2 x in-country detatchments in March of 1969.
Flying operations began in April flying out of Binh Thuy and Vung Tau supporting the Brown Water Navy in Mekong Delta.
Carrying more ordnance faster than UH-1 choppers of HAL-3 soon made the Black Ponies a favorite among ground troops.
more History
The squadron's first insignia was approved by CNO on 7 March 1969. Colors for the Yellow Jacket insignia were: a red background outlined in black; a white scroll outlined back with black lettering; black stylized aircraft with yellow contrails;
the Yellow Jacket had silver wings with black markings, a brown body outlined in black, the head and stinger tail were yellow with black markings; the lightning bolt from the tail was black and the explosion was yellow outlined in black.
On 14 July 1971 CNO approved a modification to the squadron's insignia. Colors for the Pony insignia were: a red background outlined in black; a white scroll outlined in black with black lettering; the stylized aircraft were black with yellow contrails;
the pony was black.
The Pony Patch was worn long before it was officially approved in 1971; there was a version of the patch that added the words "Bravo Det" and was worn by the guys that got assigned to the detachment in Vung Tau.
( anyone know more info? contact Jack@LJMilitaria.com )
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Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron Four
HAL-4 Red Wolves
1976 - 1989 Era
 HELATKRON-4, 4 5/8", circa 1972-1980, minor soiling, UnUsed.....(sold)
"RED WOLVES", pre-1989, UnUsed......inquire
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Helicopter(H) & Light Attack(VAL) Squadrons
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Modern Patches Available for some:
VA, VF, VFA, Rotary, CAW, and CVs - e-mail for your needs
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Viewers Disregard this section:
 HS-13, stain on upper-left, UnUsed.......(sold)
Det-5 HAL-3
( Detachment-5, Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light)-Three )
 "Filthy Five" = Detachment-5, "Flying Death, 5" Vietnam made, UnUsed...(sold)
 HAL-3 (Helicopter Attack Squadron-Light), removed from Jungle Jacket, Used.......(sold)
 HAL-3 ("HELATKLTRON-3") "SEAWOLVES", made by Nuns in Vinh Long Province, Vietnam, Exceptionally nice example of Seawolves Insignia, I removed it from a camo poncho liner Tour Jacket, Used.....(sold)
ENROUTE - should arrive by 120308
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