Officially Licensed US Navy VFA-136 Knighthawks Leather Squadron Patch VA-23 and anyone who has served

and anyone who has served in Coast Guard rotary-wing aviation

continuing the distinguished lineage of HMM-163 Evil Eyes in the tiltrotor era

and disposing of explosive ordnance including improvised explosive devices

bringing a large turboprop aircraft onto a pitching deck with precision that few can appreciate

The squadron's first combat mission included a combined troop insertion with HMM-161 moving the 3rd Battalion

Officially Licensed US Navy VFA-136 Knighthawks Leather Squadron Patch VA-23 and anyone who has servedOfficially Licensed US Navy VFA 136 Knighthawks Leather Squadron Patch The Knighthawks in leather carrier aviation heritage at its finest. Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA 136), the Knighthawks, operates the F A 18E Super Hornet out of NAS Lemoore, California, and deploys as part of Carrier Air Wing One aboard Navy aircraft carriers. The Knighthawks conduct the full spectrum of carrier based strike fighter operations, including air superiority, close