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BLACK ACES - Fighting 41st – US NAVY ATTACK SQN - VF 41 - VIETNAM WAR PATCH 641
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FOR SALE AN ORIGINAL MADE IN COUNTRY VIETNAM WAR PATCH. REFER TO PHOTOS. VERY CLEAN WITH LITE AGE WEAR - GREAT PATCH. APPROX 3 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER. FULLY EMBROIDERED - CHEESECLOTH BACKING. 100% ORIGINAL. FOUND AT A SALE OF A MILITARY COLLECTOR. I SHIP USPS 1ST CLASS MAIL. MORE INFO BELOW. THANKSBlack Aces – VF 41 – Fighting
41st
– US NAVY Attack Squadron 41
Air Attack - US Navy - F4 Phantoms
Cuban Missile Crisis - Vietnam War Operations
Black Aces – VF-41 – Fighting 41
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US NAVY
In February 1962, VF-41 transitioned to the F-4B Phantom II and made a special deployment to NAS Key West, Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In May 1965, the squadron deployed to the western Pacific for seven months of combat operations during the Vietnam War.
They flew a wide range of missions: fighter cover, reconnaissance escort, flak suppression and day/night interdiction.
The next five deployments (flying the F-4J,B,N) were on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt with CVW-6 tail code AE (awarded the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation for period March 9, 1972 through December 1, 1972).