This is the ‘lightning bolt’ BACKPATCH version of the squadron patch for the Strike Fighter Weapons School, Atlantic for the F/A-18 Hornet and the F-14 Tomcat located at NAS Oceana, VA. When the schools combined, the officers got together to brainstorm a new design and arrived at this design of the “Devils Head”. Being that they fly aggressor missions for the fleet we are in a sense the Devil’s advocates. We “argue” the opposite side of a point to prove it’s validity. With that motto accepted the FA-18 officers wanted to preserve the F-14 heritage in the new school since the Strike Fighter name was staying and the F-14 is slowly being decommissioned. The obvious choice was the decommissioned F-14 squadron, VF-74 Bedevilers. With a redesigned Devil and replacing the old bomb site with the missle site from the “Top Gun” Fighter Weapons School design the new patch was formed. This BACKPATCH does not have velcro attached, as it’s meant to sew onto the back of a flight jacket!
